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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-03-28 21:44:01 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2021-02-23 15:24:48 +0100
commitbde7929bd06196ed84f96d08676ee43da4685975 (patch)
tree5ed74de15d7a1fd8b3a2180aa99e9e6ccc465a4b
parent70b33d8898031d0f8623922762442f4abf6adcc4 (diff)
downloadguix-bde7929bd06196ed84f96d08676ee43da4685975.tar.gz
gexp: Micro-optimize sexp serialization.
* guix/gexp.scm (sexp->string): New procedure.
(gexp->derivation): Use it instead of 'object->string'.
-rw-r--r--guix/gexp.scm13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/guix/gexp.scm b/guix/gexp.scm
index 764c89a187..8dd824c512 100644
--- a/guix/gexp.scm
+++ b/guix/gexp.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Clément Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019, 2020 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
@@ -941,6 +941,15 @@ second element is the derivation to compile them."
            modules
            system extensions guile deprecation-warnings module-path))
 
+(define (sexp->string sexp)
+  "Like 'object->string', but deterministic and slightly faster."
+  ;; Explicitly use UTF-8 for determinism, and also because UTF-8 output is
+  ;; faster.
+  (with-fluids ((%default-port-encoding "UTF-8"))
+    (call-with-output-string
+     (lambda (port)
+       (write sexp port)))))
+
 (define* (lower-gexp exp
                      #:key
                      (module-path %load-path)
@@ -1159,7 +1168,7 @@ The other arguments are as for 'derivation'."
                                        (return #f)))
                        (guile -> (lowered-gexp-guile lowered))
                        (builder  (text-file script-name
-                                            (object->string
+                                            (sexp->string
                                              (lowered-gexp-sexp lowered)))))
     (mbegin %store-monad
       (set-grafting graft?)                       ;restore the initial setting