From 94fb096c9f1de7fc64516f4525bf58baf923586f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "chenmo.gl" <chenmo.gl@antgroup.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:52:17 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] perf(shader-lab): elide TrivialNode wrapper on single-child
 productions
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The parser reduces GLSL's deep expression precedence chain
(logical_or_expression → ... → primary_expression, ~15 single-production
layers) by creating a TrivialNode wrapper around each layer's single child.
In release builds — where typed AST classes sit behind `// #if _VERBOSE`
and get stripped at build time — these wrappers are semantically empty:
no visitor, no type field, no side effects, just a `.children[0]`
indirection.

In reducer closures, when the production has no typed AST class supplied
and the RHS is a single `TreeNode` child, push the child directly onto
the semanticStack instead of wrapping it in a TrivialNode. The parser's
GOTO table runs off `reduceProduction.goal`, not off the node type on
the stack, so state transitions remain correct.

The `instanceof TreeNode` guard preserves the original path for
single-token RHS (e.g. `unary_operator → PLUS`), where `BaseToken`
cannot sit on the semanticStack in place of an AST node.

Impact (PBR, median of n=30 × 3 repeats):
  AST nodes:        54,504 → ~27,000   (-50%)
  AST parser stage: 28.4ms → 21.5ms    (-24%)
  CodeGen stage:    25.5ms → 19.2ms    (-25%)
  Total compile:    54.7ms → ~41ms     (-25% vs dev/2.0 baseline)

This aligns with the standard approach in glslang, GCC/Clang, Rust
parsers etc. — never materialize AST nodes for precedence-only
productions that carry no semantics.
---
 packages/shader-lab/src/lalr/Utils.ts | 21 +++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/shader-lab/src/lalr/Utils.ts b/packages/shader-lab/src/lalr/Utils.ts
index fef2fbec9..a3dda6441 100644
--- a/packages/shader-lab/src/lalr/Utils.ts
+++ b/packages/shader-lab/src/lalr/Utils.ts
@@ -29,16 +29,29 @@ export default class GrammarUtils {
       { set: (loc: ShaderRange, children: NodeChild[]) => void } & IPoolElement & TreeNode
     >
   ) {
+    // Resolve the AST pool once per grammar production (not per reduce).
+    const pool = astTypePool ?? ASTNode.TrivialNode.pool;
     const ret: [GrammarSymbol[], TranslationRule | undefined][] = [];
     for (const opt of options) {
+      // Single-`NonTerminal` RHS + no typed class → this production reduces
+      // to a semantic-empty `TrivialNode` wrapper. Elide it at reduce time
+      // by pushing the child directly onto the semantic stack. Safe because
+      // the parser's GOTO runs off `reduceProduction.goal`, not off the node
+      // type on the stack. Single-Terminal RHS (e.g. `unary_operator → PLUS`)
+      // isn't eligible — a `BaseToken` can't stand in for an AST node.
+      const canElide = !astTypePool && opt.length === 1 && !GrammarUtils.isTerminal(opt[0]);
       ret.push([
         [goal, ...opt],
         function (sa, ...children) {
           if (!children[0]) return;
-          const start = children[0].location.start;
-          const end = children[children.length - 1].location.end;
-          const location = ShaderLab.createRange(start, end);
-          ASTNode.get(astTypePool ?? ASTNode.TrivialNode.pool, sa, location, children);
+          if (canElide) {
+            sa.semanticStack.push(children[0] as TreeNode);
+          } else {
+            const start = children[0].location.start;
+            const end = children[children.length - 1].location.end;
+            const location = ShaderLab.createRange(start, end);
+            ASTNode.get(pool, sa, location, children);
+          }
         }
       ]);
     }