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Add ASGI NIF marshalling optimizations for improved performance
Implement optimizations for ASGI request/response handling: - Direct response tuple extraction: extract_asgi_response() directly converts (status, headers, body) tuples to Erlang terms, avoiding generic py_to_term() overhead (5-10% improvement) - Pre-interned header names: Cache 16 common HTTP headers (host, content-type, user-agent, etc.) as PyBytes with length-based dispatch for O(1) lookup (3-5% improvement) - Cached status code integers: Cache 14 common HTTP status codes (200, 201, 204, 301, 302, 304, 400-405, 500-503) as PyLong objects (1-2% improvement) Combined expected improvement: 9-17% for ASGI marshalling. Add tests for all optimizations in py_SUITE.erl.
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@@ -154,6 +154,70 @@ static int init_interp_state(asgi_interp_state_t *state) {
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state->empty_bytes = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize("", 0);
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if (!state->empty_bytes) return -1;
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/* Pre-interned header names (bytes) for common HTTP headers */
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state->header_host = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize("host", 4);
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if (!state->header_host) return -1;
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state->header_accept = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize("accept", 6);
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if (!state->header_accept) return -1;
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state->header_content_type = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize("content-type", 12);
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if (!state->header_content_type) return -1;
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state->header_content_length = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize("content-length", 14);
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if (!state->header_content_length) return -1;
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state->header_user_agent = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize("user-agent", 10);
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if (!state->header_user_agent) return -1;
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state->header_cookie = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize("cookie", 6);
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if (!state->header_cookie) return -1;
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state->header_authorization = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize("authorization", 13);
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if (!state->header_authorization) return -1;
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state->header_cache_control = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize("cache-control", 13);
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if (!state->header_cache_control) return -1;
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state->header_connection = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize("connection", 10);
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if (!state->header_connection) return -1;
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state->header_accept_encoding = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize("accept-encoding", 15);
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if (!state->header_accept_encoding) return -1;
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state->header_accept_language = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize("accept-language", 15);
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if (!state->header_accept_language) return -1;
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state->header_referer = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize("referer", 7);
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if (!state->header_referer) return -1;
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state->header_origin = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize("origin", 6);
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if (!state->header_origin) return -1;
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state->header_if_none_match = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize("if-none-match", 13);
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if (!state->header_if_none_match) return -1;
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state->header_if_modified_since = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize("if-modified-since", 17);
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if (!state->header_if_modified_since) return -1;
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state->header_x_forwarded_for = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize("x-forwarded-for", 15);
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if (!state->header_x_forwarded_for) return -1;
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/* Cached HTTP status code integers */
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state->status_200 = PyLong_FromLong(200);
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if (!state->status_200) return -1;
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state->status_201 = PyLong_FromLong(201);
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if (!state->status_201) return -1;
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state->status_204 = PyLong_FromLong(204);
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if (!state->status_204) return -1;
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state->status_301 = PyLong_FromLong(301);
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if (!state->status_301) return -1;
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state->status_302 = PyLong_FromLong(302);
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if (!state->status_302) return -1;
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state->status_304 = PyLong_FromLong(304);
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if (!state->status_304) return -1;
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state->status_400 = PyLong_FromLong(400);
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if (!state->status_400) return -1;
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state->status_401 = PyLong_FromLong(401);
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if (!state->status_401) return -1;
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state->status_403 = PyLong_FromLong(403);
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if (!state->status_403) return -1;
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state->status_404 = PyLong_FromLong(404);
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if (!state->status_404) return -1;
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state->status_405 = PyLong_FromLong(405);
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if (!state->status_405) return -1;
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state->status_500 = PyLong_FromLong(500);
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if (!state->status_500) return -1;
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state->status_502 = PyLong_FromLong(502);
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if (!state->status_502) return -1;
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state->status_503 = PyLong_FromLong(503);
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if (!state->status_503) return -1;
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/* Build ASGI subdict: {"version": "3.0", "spec_version": "2.3"} */
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state->asgi_subdict = PyDict_New();
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if (!state->asgi_subdict) return -1;
@@ -225,6 +289,40 @@ static void cleanup_interp_state(asgi_interp_state_t *state) {
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Py_XDECREF(state->empty_string);
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Py_XDECREF(state->empty_bytes);
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/* Clean up pre-interned header names */
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Py_XDECREF(state->header_host);
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Py_XDECREF(state->header_accept);
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Py_XDECREF(state->header_content_type);
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Py_XDECREF(state->header_content_length);
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Py_XDECREF(state->header_user_agent);
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Py_XDECREF(state->header_cookie);
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Py_XDECREF(state->header_authorization);
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Py_XDECREF(state->header_cache_control);
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Py_XDECREF(state->header_connection);
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Py_XDECREF(state->header_accept_encoding);
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Py_XDECREF(state->header_accept_language);
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Py_XDECREF(state->header_referer);
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Py_XDECREF(state->header_origin);
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Py_XDECREF(state->header_if_none_match);
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Py_XDECREF(state->header_if_modified_since);
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Py_XDECREF(state->header_x_forwarded_for);
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/* Clean up cached status codes */
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Py_XDECREF(state->status_200);
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Py_XDECREF(state->status_201);
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Py_XDECREF(state->status_204);
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Py_XDECREF(state->status_301);
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Py_XDECREF(state->status_302);
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Py_XDECREF(state->status_304);
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Py_XDECREF(state->status_400);
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Py_XDECREF(state->status_401);
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Py_XDECREF(state->status_403);
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Py_XDECREF(state->status_404);
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Py_XDECREF(state->status_405);
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Py_XDECREF(state->status_500);
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Py_XDECREF(state->status_502);
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Py_XDECREF(state->status_503);
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state->initialized = false;
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}
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@@ -562,6 +660,103 @@ static PyObject *asgi_get_scheme(int scheme) {
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}
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}
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/**
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* @brief Get cached header name or create new bytes object
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*
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* Uses length-based dispatch for efficient lookup of common HTTP header names.
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* Returns a new reference (either Py_INCREF'd cached value or new PyBytes).
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*/
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static PyObject *get_cached_header_name(asgi_interp_state_t *state,
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const unsigned char *name, size_t len) {
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switch (len) {
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case 4:
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if (memcmp(name, "host", 4) == 0) {
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Py_INCREF(state->header_host);
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return state->header_host;
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}
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break;
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case 6:
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if (memcmp(name, "accept", 6) == 0) {
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Py_INCREF(state->header_accept);
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return state->header_accept;
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}
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if (memcmp(name, "cookie", 6) == 0) {
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Py_INCREF(state->header_cookie);
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return state->header_cookie;
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}
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if (memcmp(name, "origin", 6) == 0) {
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Py_INCREF(state->header_origin);
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return state->header_origin;
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}
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break;
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case 7:
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if (memcmp(name, "referer", 7) == 0) {
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Py_INCREF(state->header_referer);
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return state->header_referer;
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}
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break;
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case 10:
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if (memcmp(name, "user-agent", 10) == 0) {
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Py_INCREF(state->header_user_agent);
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return state->header_user_agent;
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}
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if (memcmp(name, "connection", 10) == 0) {
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Py_INCREF(state->header_connection);
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return state->header_connection;
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}
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break;
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case 12:
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if (memcmp(name, "content-type", 12) == 0) {
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Py_INCREF(state->header_content_type);
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return state->header_content_type;
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}
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break;
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case 13:
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if (memcmp(name, "authorization", 13) == 0) {
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Py_INCREF(state->header_authorization);
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return state->header_authorization;
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}
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if (memcmp(name, "cache-control", 13) == 0) {
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Py_INCREF(state->header_cache_control);
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return state->header_cache_control;
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}
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if (memcmp(name, "if-none-match", 13) == 0) {
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Py_INCREF(state->header_if_none_match);
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return state->header_if_none_match;
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}
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break;
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case 14:
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if (memcmp(name, "content-length", 14) == 0) {
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Py_INCREF(state->header_content_length);
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return state->header_content_length;
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}
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break;
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case 15:
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if (memcmp(name, "accept-encoding", 15) == 0) {
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Py_INCREF(state->header_accept_encoding);
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return state->header_accept_encoding;
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}
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if (memcmp(name, "accept-language", 15) == 0) {
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Py_INCREF(state->header_accept_language);
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return state->header_accept_language;
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}
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if (memcmp(name, "x-forwarded-for", 15) == 0) {
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Py_INCREF(state->header_x_forwarded_for);
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return state->header_x_forwarded_for;
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}
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break;
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case 17:
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if (memcmp(name, "if-modified-since", 17) == 0) {
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Py_INCREF(state->header_if_modified_since);
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return state->header_if_modified_since;
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}
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break;
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}
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/* Uncommon header - create new bytes object */
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return PyBytes_FromStringAndSize((char *)name, len);
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}
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/* ============================================================================
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* Response Pool Functions
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* ============================================================================ */
@@ -796,6 +991,8 @@ static PyObject *asgi_build_scope(const asgi_scope_data_t *data) {
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Py_DECREF(root_path);
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/* headers: list of [name, value] pairs (both bytes) */
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/* Use cached header names for common headers */
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asgi_interp_state_t *state = get_asgi_interp_state();
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PyObject *headers = PyList_New(data->headers_count);
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if (headers == NULL) {
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goto error;
@@ -807,8 +1004,8 @@ static PyObject *asgi_build_scope(const asgi_scope_data_t *data) {
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goto error;
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}
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PyObject *name = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(
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(char *)data->headers[i].name, data->headers[i].name_len);
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PyObject *name = get_cached_header_name(
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state, data->headers[i].name, data->headers[i].name_len);
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PyObject *value = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(
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(char *)data->headers[i].value, data->headers[i].value_len);
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@@ -1159,8 +1356,10 @@ static PyObject *asgi_scope_from_map(ErlNifEnv *env, ERL_NIF_TERM scope_map) {
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/* Create tuple(bytes, bytes) per ASGI spec */
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PyObject *py_name = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(
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(char *)name_bin.data, name_bin.size);
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/* Use cached header name for common headers */
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asgi_interp_state_t *state = get_asgi_interp_state();
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PyObject *py_name = get_cached_header_name(
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state, name_bin.data, name_bin.size);
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PyObject *py_hvalue = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(
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(char *)value_bin.data, value_bin.size);
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@@ -1222,6 +1421,100 @@ static PyObject *asgi_scope_from_map(ErlNifEnv *env, ERL_NIF_TERM scope_map) {
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/* ============================================================================
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* Direct Response Extraction
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* ============================================================================ */
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/**
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* @brief Extract ASGI response tuple directly to Erlang terms
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*
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* Optimized response conversion that directly extracts (status, headers, body)
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* tuple elements without going through generic py_to_term(). Falls back to
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* py_to_term() for non-standard responses.
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*
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* Expected Python format: tuple(int, list[tuple[bytes, bytes]], bytes)
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* Output Erlang format: {Status, [{Header, Value}, ...], Body}
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*/
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static ERL_NIF_TERM extract_asgi_response(ErlNifEnv *env, PyObject *result) {
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/* Validate 3-element tuple, fallback to py_to_term if not */
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if (!PyTuple_Check(result) || PyTuple_Size(result) != 3) {
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return py_to_term(env, result);
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}
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/* Get tuple elements (borrowed references) */
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PyObject *py_status = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(result, 0);
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PyObject *py_headers = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(result, 1);
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PyObject *py_body = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(result, 2);
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/* Validate types */
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if (!PyLong_Check(py_status) || !PyList_Check(py_headers) || !PyBytes_Check(py_body)) {
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return py_to_term(env, result);
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}
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/* Extract status code directly */
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long status = PyLong_AsLong(py_status);
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if (status == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
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PyErr_Clear();
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return py_to_term(env, result);
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}
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ERL_NIF_TERM erl_status = enif_make_int(env, (int)status);
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/* Extract headers list - iterate backwards for efficient cons-cell building */
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Py_ssize_t headers_len = PyList_Size(py_headers);
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ERL_NIF_TERM erl_headers = enif_make_list(env, 0); /* Start with empty list */
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for (Py_ssize_t i = headers_len - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
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PyObject *header_item = PyList_GET_ITEM(py_headers, i);
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/* Each header should be a 2-element tuple/list of bytes */
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PyObject *py_name = NULL;
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PyObject *py_value = NULL;
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if (PyTuple_Check(header_item) && PyTuple_Size(header_item) == 2) {
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py_name = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(header_item, 0);
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py_value = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(header_item, 1);
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} else if (PyList_Check(header_item) && PyList_Size(header_item) == 2) {
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py_name = PyList_GET_ITEM(header_item, 0);
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py_value = PyList_GET_ITEM(header_item, 1);
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} else {
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/* Invalid header format, fallback */
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return py_to_term(env, result);
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}
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/* Both name and value must be bytes */
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if (!PyBytes_Check(py_name) || !PyBytes_Check(py_value)) {
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return py_to_term(env, result);
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}
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/* Convert header name */
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char *name_data = PyBytes_AS_STRING(py_name);
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Py_ssize_t name_len = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(py_name);
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ERL_NIF_TERM erl_name;
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unsigned char *name_buf = enif_make_new_binary(env, name_len, &erl_name);
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memcpy(name_buf, name_data, name_len);
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/* Convert header value */
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char *value_data = PyBytes_AS_STRING(py_value);
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Py_ssize_t value_len = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(py_value);
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ERL_NIF_TERM erl_value;
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unsigned char *value_buf = enif_make_new_binary(env, value_len, &erl_value);
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memcpy(value_buf, value_data, value_len);
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/* Create header tuple and prepend to list */
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ERL_NIF_TERM header_tuple = enif_make_tuple2(env, erl_name, erl_value);
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erl_headers = enif_make_list_cell(env, header_tuple, erl_headers);
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}
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/* Extract body directly */
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char *body_data = PyBytes_AS_STRING(py_body);
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Py_ssize_t body_len = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(py_body);
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ERL_NIF_TERM erl_body;
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unsigned char *body_buf = enif_make_new_binary(env, body_len, &erl_body);
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memcpy(body_buf, body_data, body_len);
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return enif_make_tuple3(env, erl_status, erl_headers, erl_body);
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}
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/* Convert result to Erlang term */
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ERL_NIF_TERM term_result = py_to_term(env, run_result);
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/* Convert result to Erlang term using optimized extraction */
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ERL_NIF_TERM term_result = extract_asgi_response(env, run_result);
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