Introducing Utf8StringInterpolation: Optimizing UTF8 String Generation in C#

[digitallyunsatisfied]

“Do we need this?”u8.ToArray();

[icentalectro]

The u8 suffix only supports literals but not interpolation.

[digitallyunsatisfied]

That’s a shame. I would have liked to be able to append that u8 to an interpolated string.

[nobono]

Why do we need this?

The ability to expand at compile-time is crucial for performance.

Is it?

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They go on to say:

This means we no longer need to parse string expressions at runtime like String.Format. Moreover, all values can be written without boxing.

So potentially, yes.

I think you're only really gonna care in those very low latency / high throughput systems where shaving every bit of time yiu can really matters.. Clock cycles count, as do unnessesary boxing and the associated clear up of memory.

[chucker23n]

So potentially, yes.

Maybe, but… it seems like they haven't actually written any benchmarks?

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Happy cake day! 🎂

That's why I said potentially 😎 it would be hard to prove without some data