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+// Copyright 2018 The Abseil Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <map>
+#include <random>
+#include <string>
+#include <unordered_set>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "benchmark/benchmark.h"
+#include "absl/base/attributes.h"
+#include "absl/base/internal/raw_logging.h"
+#include "absl/base/macros.h"
+#include "absl/strings/str_cat.h"
+
+namespace {
+
+// Provide a forcibly out-of-line wrapper for operator== that can be used in
+// benchmarks to measure the impact of inlining.
+ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE
+bool NonInlinedEq(absl::string_view a, absl::string_view b) { return a == b; }
+
+// We use functions that cannot be inlined to perform the comparison loops so
+// that inlining of the operator== can't optimize away *everything*.
+ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE
+void DoEqualityComparisons(benchmark::State& state, absl::string_view a,
+                           absl::string_view b) {
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(a == b);
+  }
+}
+
+void BM_EqualIdentical(benchmark::State& state) {
+  std::string x(state.range(0), 'a');
+  DoEqualityComparisons(state, x, x);
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_EqualIdentical)->DenseRange(0, 3)->Range(4, 1 << 10);
+
+void BM_EqualSame(benchmark::State& state) {
+  std::string x(state.range(0), 'a');
+  std::string y = x;
+  DoEqualityComparisons(state, x, y);
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_EqualSame)
+    ->DenseRange(0, 10)
+    ->Arg(20)
+    ->Arg(40)
+    ->Arg(70)
+    ->Arg(110)
+    ->Range(160, 4096);
+
+void BM_EqualDifferent(benchmark::State& state) {
+  const int len = state.range(0);
+  std::string x(len, 'a');
+  std::string y = x;
+  if (len > 0) {
+    y[len - 1] = 'b';
+  }
+  DoEqualityComparisons(state, x, y);
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_EqualDifferent)->DenseRange(0, 3)->Range(4, 1 << 10);
+
+// This benchmark is intended to check that important simplifications can be
+// made with absl::string_view comparisons against constant strings. The idea is
+// that if constant strings cause redundant components of the comparison, the
+// compiler should detect and eliminate them. Here we use 8 different strings,
+// each with the same size. Provided our comparison makes the implementation
+// inline-able by the compiler, it should fold all of these away into a single
+// size check once per loop iteration.
+ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE
+void DoConstantSizeInlinedEqualityComparisons(benchmark::State& state,
+                                              absl::string_view a) {
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(a == "aaa");
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(a == "bbb");
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(a == "ccc");
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(a == "ddd");
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(a == "eee");
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(a == "fff");
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(a == "ggg");
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(a == "hhh");
+  }
+}
+void BM_EqualConstantSizeInlined(benchmark::State& state) {
+  std::string x(state.range(0), 'a');
+  DoConstantSizeInlinedEqualityComparisons(state, x);
+}
+// We only need to check for size of 3, and <> 3 as this benchmark only has to
+// do with size differences.
+BENCHMARK(BM_EqualConstantSizeInlined)->DenseRange(2, 4);
+
+// This benchmark exists purely to give context to the above timings: this is
+// what they would look like if the compiler is completely unable to simplify
+// between two comparisons when they are comparing against constant strings.
+ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE
+void DoConstantSizeNonInlinedEqualityComparisons(benchmark::State& state,
+                                                 absl::string_view a) {
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    // Force these out-of-line to compare with the above function.
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(NonInlinedEq(a, "aaa"));
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(NonInlinedEq(a, "bbb"));
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(NonInlinedEq(a, "ccc"));
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(NonInlinedEq(a, "ddd"));
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(NonInlinedEq(a, "eee"));
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(NonInlinedEq(a, "fff"));
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(NonInlinedEq(a, "ggg"));
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(NonInlinedEq(a, "hhh"));
+  }
+}
+
+void BM_EqualConstantSizeNonInlined(benchmark::State& state) {
+  std::string x(state.range(0), 'a');
+  DoConstantSizeNonInlinedEqualityComparisons(state, x);
+}
+// We only need to check for size of 3, and <> 3 as this benchmark only has to
+// do with size differences.
+BENCHMARK(BM_EqualConstantSizeNonInlined)->DenseRange(2, 4);
+
+void BM_CompareSame(benchmark::State& state) {
+  const int len = state.range(0);
+  std::string x;
+  for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+    x += 'a';
+  }
+  std::string y = x;
+  absl::string_view a = x;
+  absl::string_view b = y;
+
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(a.compare(b));
+  }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_CompareSame)->DenseRange(0, 3)->Range(4, 1 << 10);
+
+void BM_find_string_view_len_one(benchmark::State& state) {
+  std::string haystack(state.range(0), '0');
+  absl::string_view s(haystack);
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    s.find("x");  // not present; length 1
+  }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_find_string_view_len_one)->Range(1, 1 << 20);
+
+void BM_find_string_view_len_two(benchmark::State& state) {
+  std::string haystack(state.range(0), '0');
+  absl::string_view s(haystack);
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    s.find("xx");  // not present; length 2
+  }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_find_string_view_len_two)->Range(1, 1 << 20);
+
+void BM_find_one_char(benchmark::State& state) {
+  std::string haystack(state.range(0), '0');
+  absl::string_view s(haystack);
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    s.find('x');  // not present
+  }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_find_one_char)->Range(1, 1 << 20);
+
+void BM_rfind_one_char(benchmark::State& state) {
+  std::string haystack(state.range(0), '0');
+  absl::string_view s(haystack);
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    s.rfind('x');  // not present
+  }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_rfind_one_char)->Range(1, 1 << 20);
+
+void BM_worst_case_find_first_of(benchmark::State& state, int haystack_len) {
+  const int needle_len = state.range(0);
+  std::string needle;
+  for (int i = 0; i < needle_len; ++i) {
+    needle += 'a' + i;
+  }
+  std::string haystack(haystack_len, '0');  // 1000 zeros.
+
+  absl::string_view s(haystack);
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    s.find_first_of(needle);
+  }
+}
+
+void BM_find_first_of_short(benchmark::State& state) {
+  BM_worst_case_find_first_of(state, 10);
+}
+
+void BM_find_first_of_medium(benchmark::State& state) {
+  BM_worst_case_find_first_of(state, 100);
+}
+
+void BM_find_first_of_long(benchmark::State& state) {
+  BM_worst_case_find_first_of(state, 1000);
+}
+
+BENCHMARK(BM_find_first_of_short)->DenseRange(0, 4)->Arg(8)->Arg(16)->Arg(32);
+BENCHMARK(BM_find_first_of_medium)->DenseRange(0, 4)->Arg(8)->Arg(16)->Arg(32);
+BENCHMARK(BM_find_first_of_long)->DenseRange(0, 4)->Arg(8)->Arg(16)->Arg(32);
+
+struct EasyMap : public std::map<absl::string_view, uint64_t> {
+  explicit EasyMap(size_t) {}
+};
+
+// This templated benchmark helper function is intended to stress operator== or
+// operator< in a realistic test.  It surely isn't entirely realistic, but it's
+// a start.  The test creates a map of type Map, a template arg, and populates
+// it with table_size key/value pairs. Each key has WordsPerKey words.  After
+// creating the map, a number of lookups are done in random order.  Some keys
+// are used much more frequently than others in this phase of the test.
+template <typename Map, int WordsPerKey>
+void StringViewMapBenchmark(benchmark::State& state) {
+  const int table_size = state.range(0);
+  const double kFractionOfKeysThatAreHot = 0.2;
+  const int kNumLookupsOfHotKeys = 20;
+  const int kNumLookupsOfColdKeys = 1;
+  const char* words[] = {"the",   "quick",  "brown",    "fox",      "jumped",
+                         "over",  "the",    "lazy",     "dog",      "and",
+                         "found", "a",      "large",    "mushroom", "and",
+                         "a",     "couple", "crickets", "eating",   "pie"};
+  // Create some keys that consist of words in random order.
+  std::random_device r;
+  std::seed_seq seed({r(), r(), r(), r(), r(), r(), r(), r()});
+  std::mt19937 rng(seed);
+  std::vector<std::string> keys(table_size);
+  std::vector<int> all_indices;
+  const int kBlockSize = 1 << 12;
+  std::unordered_set<std::string> t(kBlockSize);
+  std::uniform_int_distribution<int> uniform(0, ABSL_ARRAYSIZE(words) - 1);
+  for (int i = 0; i < table_size; i++) {
+    all_indices.push_back(i);
+    do {
+      keys[i].clear();
+      for (int j = 0; j < WordsPerKey; j++) {
+        absl::StrAppend(&keys[i], j > 0 ? " " : "", words[uniform(rng)]);
+      }
+    } while (!t.insert(keys[i]).second);
+  }
+
+  // Create a list of strings to lookup: a permutation of the array of
+  // keys we just created, with repeats.  "Hot" keys get repeated more.
+  std::shuffle(all_indices.begin(), all_indices.end(), rng);
+  const int num_hot = table_size * kFractionOfKeysThatAreHot;
+  const int num_cold = table_size - num_hot;
+  std::vector<int> hot_indices(all_indices.begin(),
+                               all_indices.begin() + num_hot);
+  std::vector<int> indices;
+  for (int i = 0; i < kNumLookupsOfColdKeys; i++) {
+    indices.insert(indices.end(), all_indices.begin(), all_indices.end());
+  }
+  for (int i = 0; i < kNumLookupsOfHotKeys - kNumLookupsOfColdKeys; i++) {
+    indices.insert(indices.end(), hot_indices.begin(), hot_indices.end());
+  }
+  std::shuffle(indices.begin(), indices.end(), rng);
+  ABSL_RAW_CHECK(
+      num_cold * kNumLookupsOfColdKeys + num_hot * kNumLookupsOfHotKeys ==
+          indices.size(),
+      "");
+  // After constructing the array we probe it with absl::string_views built from
+  // test_strings.  This means operator== won't see equal pointers, so
+  // it'll have to check for equal lengths and equal characters.
+  std::vector<std::string> test_strings(indices.size());
+  for (int i = 0; i < indices.size(); i++) {
+    test_strings[i] = keys[indices[i]];
+  }
+
+  // Run the benchmark. It includes map construction but is mostly
+  // map lookups.
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    Map h(table_size);
+    for (int i = 0; i < table_size; i++) {
+      h[keys[i]] = i * 2;
+    }
+    ABSL_RAW_CHECK(h.size() == table_size, "");
+    uint64_t sum = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < indices.size(); i++) {
+      sum += h[test_strings[i]];
+    }
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(sum);
+  }
+}
+
+void BM_StdMap_4(benchmark::State& state) {
+  StringViewMapBenchmark<EasyMap, 4>(state);
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_StdMap_4)->Range(1 << 10, 1 << 16);
+
+void BM_StdMap_8(benchmark::State& state) {
+  StringViewMapBenchmark<EasyMap, 8>(state);
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_StdMap_8)->Range(1 << 10, 1 << 16);
+
+void BM_CopyToStringNative(benchmark::State& state) {
+  std::string src(state.range(0), 'x');
+  absl::string_view sv(src);
+  std::string dst;
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    dst.assign(sv.begin(), sv.end());
+  }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_CopyToStringNative)->Range(1 << 3, 1 << 12);
+
+void BM_AppendToStringNative(benchmark::State& state) {
+  std::string src(state.range(0), 'x');
+  absl::string_view sv(src);
+  std::string dst;
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    dst.clear();
+    dst.insert(dst.end(), sv.begin(), sv.end());
+  }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_AppendToStringNative)->Range(1 << 3, 1 << 12);
+
+}  // namespace
+
+BENCHMARK_MAIN();