implementations/Crafter.Graphics-UI-Shared.cpp

@@ -75,8 +75,11 @@ std::uint32_t UIRenderer::ShapeText(Font& font, float pxSize,
     // the pen starting at x=0, baseline=0 so a cache hit only needs the
     // translate below. The whole string is shaped (no outCapacity limit) so
     // a later call with a larger buffer still gets the full run.
-    ShapedRunKey key{&font, pxSize, color, std::string(utf8)};
-    auto it = shapedRuns_.find(key);
+    // Probe with a borrowing view key (text is a string_view onto utf8) so a
+    // cache hit copies and hashes no string. The owning std::string is only
+    // built on a miss, below, for the emplace.
+    ShapedRunViewKey viewKey{&font, pxSize, color, utf8};
+    auto it = shapedRuns_.find(viewKey);
     if (it == shapedRuns_.end()) {
         // Miss: shape from scratch. Ensure() each glyph so brand-new ones
         // rasterise into the atlas and mark it dirty for the next upload —
@@ -110,6 +113,7 @@ std::uint32_t UIRenderer::ShapeText(Font& font, float pxSize,
         run.advance = cursor;
 
         if (shapedRuns_.size() >= kMaxShapedRuns) shapedRuns_.clear();
+        ShapedRunKey key{&font, pxSize, color, std::string(utf8)};
         it = shapedRuns_.emplace(std::move(key), std::move(run)).first;
     }
 

interfaces/Crafter.Graphics-UI.cppm

@@ -339,25 +339,63 @@ export namespace Crafter {
         // only needs a translate by (x + alignShift, baselineY). The full
         // string is part of the key (compared on lookup) so hash collisions
         // can't return the wrong run.
+        //
+        // The map owns its key string, but lookups happen every frame on the
+        // onBuild path. To avoid copying the string into a key on each cache
+        // hit, the hash and equality functors are transparent (is_transparent)
+        // and accept a borrowing view key whose text is a std::string_view;
+        // the owning std::string is only materialised on a miss, for emplace.
         struct ShapedRunKey {
             const Font*          font;
             float                pxSize;
             std::array<float, 4> color;
             std::string          text;
-            bool operator==(const ShapedRunKey&) const = default;
+        };
+        struct ShapedRunViewKey {
+            const Font*          font;
+            float                pxSize;
+            std::array<float, 4> color;
+            std::string_view     text;
         };
         struct ShapedRunKeyHash {
-            std::size_t operator()(const ShapedRunKey& k) const noexcept {
-                std::size_t h = std::hash<const void*>{}(k.font);
+            using is_transparent = void;
+            static std::size_t Hash(const Font* font, float pxSize,
+                                    const std::array<float, 4>& color,
+                                    std::string_view text) noexcept {
+                std::size_t h = std::hash<const void*>{}(font);
                 auto mix = [&h](std::size_t v) noexcept {
                     h ^= v + 0x9e3779b97f4a7c15ULL + (h << 6) + (h >> 2);
                 };
-                mix(std::hash<std::uint32_t>{}(std::bit_cast<std::uint32_t>(k.pxSize)));
-                for (float c : k.color)
+                mix(std::hash<std::uint32_t>{}(std::bit_cast<std::uint32_t>(pxSize)));
+                for (float c : color)
                     mix(std::hash<std::uint32_t>{}(std::bit_cast<std::uint32_t>(c)));
-                mix(std::hash<std::string_view>{}(k.text));
+                mix(std::hash<std::string_view>{}(text));
                 return h;
             }
+            std::size_t operator()(const ShapedRunKey& k) const noexcept {
+                return Hash(k.font, k.pxSize, k.color, k.text);
+            }
+            std::size_t operator()(const ShapedRunViewKey& k) const noexcept {
+                return Hash(k.font, k.pxSize, k.color, k.text);
+            }
+        };
+        struct ShapedRunKeyEqual {
+            using is_transparent = void;
+            static bool Eq(const Font* fa, float pa, const std::array<float, 4>& ca,
+                           std::string_view ta,
+                           const Font* fb, float pb, const std::array<float, 4>& cb,
+                           std::string_view tb) noexcept {
+                return fa == fb && pa == pb && ca == cb && ta == tb;
+            }
+            bool operator()(const ShapedRunKey& a, const ShapedRunKey& b) const noexcept {
+                return Eq(a.font, a.pxSize, a.color, a.text, b.font, b.pxSize, b.color, b.text);
+            }
+            bool operator()(const ShapedRunViewKey& a, const ShapedRunKey& b) const noexcept {
+                return Eq(a.font, a.pxSize, a.color, a.text, b.font, b.pxSize, b.color, b.text);
+            }
+            bool operator()(const ShapedRunKey& a, const ShapedRunViewKey& b) const noexcept {
+                return Eq(a.font, a.pxSize, a.color, a.text, b.font, b.pxSize, b.color, b.text);
+            }
         };
         struct ShapedRun {
             std::vector<GlyphItem> glyphs;       // origin-relative
@@ -367,7 +405,7 @@ export namespace Crafter {
         // would grow this without bound; on overflow we drop everything and
         // rebuild (correctness is unaffected, only the hit rate after a flush).
         static constexpr std::size_t kMaxShapedRuns = 8192;
-        std::unordered_map<ShapedRunKey, ShapedRun, ShapedRunKeyHash> shapedRuns_;
+        std::unordered_map<ShapedRunKey, ShapedRun, ShapedRunKeyHash, ShapedRunKeyEqual> shapedRuns_;
 
         ImageSlot   outImageSlot_;
         ImageSlot   fontAtlasImageSlot_;