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reduce the size of Env by one pointer
since `up` and `values` are both pointer-aligned the type field will also be pointer-aligned, wasting 48 bits of space on most machines. we can get away with removing the type field altogether by encoding some information into the `with` expr that created the env to begin with, reducing the GC load for the absolutely massive amount of single-entry envs we create for lambdas. this reduces memory usage of system eval by quite a bit (reducing heap size of our system eval from 8.4GB to 8.23GB) and gives similar savings in eval time. running `nix eval --raw --impure --expr 'with import <nixpkgs/nixos> {}; system'` before: Time (mean ± σ): 5.576 s ± 0.003 s [User: 5.197 s, System: 0.378 s] Range (min … max): 5.572 s … 5.581 s 10 runs after: Time (mean ± σ): 5.408 s ± 0.002 s [User: 5.019 s, System: 0.388 s] Range (min … max): 5.405 s … 5.411 s 10 runs
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env = (Env *) allocBytes(sizeof(Env) + size * sizeof(Value *));
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env->type = Env::Plain;
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/* We assume that env->values has been cleared by the allocator; maybeThunk() and lookupVar fromWith expect this. */
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return *env;
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