From 616ae95f6b4d3e427776e055ac6470010b4962a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick Walton <pcwalton@mimiga.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:18:09 -0700
Subject: stdlib: Use an unsafe cast to speed up the memory writer

---
 src/lib/io.rs | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'src/lib')

diff --git a/src/lib/io.rs b/src/lib/io.rs
index 2c2c0dbf..4c1bf2df 100644
--- a/src/lib/io.rs
+++ b/src/lib/io.rs
@@ -450,7 +450,17 @@ type mutable_byte_buf = @rec(mutable vec[mutable u8] buf, mutable uint pos);
 
 state obj byte_buf_writer(mutable_byte_buf buf) {
     fn write(vec[u8] v) {
-        // FIXME: optimize
+        // Fast path.
+        if (buf.pos == _vec.len[mutable u8](buf.buf)) {
+            // FIXME: Fix our type system. There's no reason you shouldn't be
+            // able to add a mutable vector to an immutable one.
+            auto mv = _vec.rustrt.unsafe_vec_to_mut[u8](v);
+            buf.buf += mv;
+            buf.pos += _vec.len[u8](v);
+            ret;
+        }
+
+        // FIXME: Optimize. These should be unique pointers.
         auto vlen = _vec.len[u8](v);
         auto vpos = 0u;
         while (vpos < vlen) {
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