Optimize string character access for ascii strings and refactor type store

to allow two byte hashes in the future.

JerryScript-DCO-1.0-Signed-off-by: Zoltan Herczeg [email protected]

Author: zherczeg

jerry-core/ecma/base/ecma-globals.h

@@ -689,16 +689,35 @@ typedef enum
   ECMA_STRING_CONTAINER_MAGIC_STRING_EX /**< the ecma-string is equal to one of external magic strings */
 } ecma_string_container_t;
 
+/**
+ * ECMA string related constants
+ */
+typedef enum
+{
+  ECMA_STRING_CONTAINER_MASK = 0x7u, /**< container mask */
+  ECMA_STRING_REF_ONE = 1u << 3, /**< value for increasing or decreasing the reference counter */
+  ECMA_STRING_MAX_REF = 0x1fffu << 3, /**< maximum value of the reference counter (8191) */
+} ecma_string_constants_t;
+
+/**
+ * Set reference counter to zero (for refs_and_container member below).
+ */
+#define ECMA_STRING_SET_REF_TO_ONE(refs_and_container) \
+  ((uint16_t) (((refs_and_container) & ECMA_STRING_CONTAINER_MASK) | ECMA_STRING_REF_ONE))
+
+/**
+ * Returns with the container type of a string.
+ */
+#define ECMA_STRING_GET_CONTAINER(string_desc_p) \
+  ((ecma_string_container_t) ((string_desc_p)->refs_and_container & ECMA_STRING_CONTAINER_MASK))
+
 /**
  * ECMA string-value descriptor
  */
 typedef struct ecma_string_t
 {
   /** Reference counter for the string */
-  unsigned int refs : CONFIG_ECMA_REFERENCE_COUNTER_WIDTH;
-
-  /** Where the string's data is placed (ecma_string_container_t) */
-  uint8_t container;
+  uint16_t refs_and_container;
 
   /** Hash of the string (calculated from two last characters of the string) */
   lit_string_hash_t hash;
@@ -712,10 +731,10 @@ typedef struct ecma_string_t
     mem_cpointer_t lit_cp;
 
     /** Compressed pointer to an ecma_collection_header_t */
-    __extension__ mem_cpointer_t collection_cp : ECMA_POINTER_FIELD_WIDTH;
+    mem_cpointer_t collection_cp;
 
     /** Compressed pointer to an ecma_number_t */
-    __extension__ mem_cpointer_t number_cp : ECMA_POINTER_FIELD_WIDTH;
+    mem_cpointer_t number_cp;
 
     /** UInt32-represented number placed locally in the descriptor */
     uint32_t uint32_number;