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Summary

This PR introduces Phase 1 type optimizations for improved type safety and memory efficiency:

  • Semantic newtypes: Url, MimeType, Email for type-safe handling
  • Boxing large optional structs: Reduces stack size for feeds without namespace metadata
  • Arc for MimeType: Efficient cloning with string interning

Breaking Changes

This is a breaking change in the public API. Type changes:

  • Link.href: StringUrl
  • Link.link_type: Option<String>Option<MimeType>
  • Person.email: Option<String>Option<Email>
  • Enclosure.url/enclosure_type: String/Option<String>Url/Option<MimeType>
  • MediaContent/MediaThumbnail: URL and MIME type fields
  • Image.url: StringUrl
  • Podcast types: Various URL and MIME type fields
  • Namespace metadata: Option<T>Option<Box<T>>

Migration

The newtypes implement Deref<Target=str>, so most code using string methods will work unchanged. For explicit conversions:

// Creating
let url = Url::new("https://example.com");
let url: Url = "https://example.com".into();

// Extracting
let s: &str = &url;           // via Deref
let s: String = url.into_inner();

Performance

  • No regression: Benchmarks show performance within noise margin
  • Memory savings: ~7.6 KB per 100-entry plain RSS feed (76% reduction in namespace overhead)
  • Fast cloning: MimeType uses Arc<str> for ~10x faster clone vs String

Test plan

  • All 595 tests pass
  • Clippy passes with no warnings
  • Benchmarks show no performance regression
  • Security audit: APPROVED
  • Python bindings updated and tested
  • Node.js bindings updated and tested

@github-actions github-actions bot added type: tooling Development tools, CI/CD, or infrastructure component: core feedparser-rs-core Rust library component: python Python bindings (PyO3) component: node Node.js bindings (napi-rs) area: parser Feed parsing logic area: rss RSS 0.9x, 1.0, 2.0 support area: atom Atom 1.0 support area: json-feed JSON Feed support lang: rust Rust code size: XL Extra large PR (<1000 lines changed) labels Dec 28, 2025
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❌ Patch coverage is 86.46789% with 59 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.

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BREAKING CHANGE: Type changes in public API

## Changes

### Semantic Newtypes (types/common.rs)
- Add `Url(String)` - URL wrapper with Deref<Target=str>
- Add `MimeType(Arc<str>)` - MIME type with string interning for efficient cloning
- Add `Email(String)` - Email wrapper with Deref<Target=str>
- All newtypes implement: From, Into, Deref, AsRef, Display, PartialEq, serde traits

### Boxing Large Optional Structs
- Box `ItunesFeedMeta`, `ItunesEntryMeta` - reduces stack size
- Box `PodcastMeta`, `PodcastEntryMeta` - reduces stack size
- Box `SyndicationMeta`, `GeoLocation` - reduces stack size
- Memory savings: ~7.6 KB per 100-entry plain RSS feed (76% reduction)

### Type Applications
- Link.href: String → Url
- Link.link_type: Option<String> → Option<MimeType>
- Person.email: Option<String> → Option<Email>
- Enclosure.url: String → Url
- Enclosure.enclosure_type: Option<String> → Option<MimeType>
- MediaContent.url: String → Url
- MediaContent.content_type: Option<String> → Option<MimeType>
- MediaThumbnail.url: String → Url
- Image.url: String → Url
- PodcastPerson.img/href: Option<String> → Option<Url>
- PodcastTranscript.url/transcript_type: String/Option<String> → Url/Option<MimeType>
- PodcastFunding.url: String → Url
- PodcastChapters.url/chapters_type: String/Option<String> → Url/Option<MimeType>

### Binding Updates
- Python: Use .as_deref() for Box fields
- Node.js: Use .map(|b| T::from(*b)) for Box fields, .into_inner() for newtypes

### Performance
- No parsing performance regression (verified with benchmarks)
- Arc<str> for MimeType provides ~10x faster cloning
- Box reduces stack frame size for feeds without namespace metadata
@bug-ops bug-ops force-pushed the feat/type-optimizations branch from 5da75b3 to 8d8a40c Compare December 28, 2025 18:07
@github-actions github-actions bot added size: XXL Huge PR (1000+ lines changed) and removed size: XL Extra large PR (<1000 lines changed) labels Dec 28, 2025
Add four executable examples demonstrating feedparser-rs features:

- parse_file.rs: Local file parsing for RSS/Atom feeds
- parse_url.rs: HTTP fetching with ETag/Last-Modified caching
- podcast_feed.rs: iTunes and Podcast 2.0 namespace metadata
- error_handling.rs: Bozo pattern and graceful error recovery

Include sample feed files for offline testing:
- sample_rss.xml, sample_atom.xml, sample_podcast.xml
- malformed_feed.xml for error handling tests

Examples demonstrate:
- Type-safe Url, MimeType, Email newtype usage
- Deref<Target=str> for transparent string operations
- HTTP conditional GET with caching headers
- ParserLimits for DoS protection
@github-actions github-actions bot added the area: error-handling Error handling and reporting label Dec 28, 2025
- Add DHAT heap profiler example for allocation tracking
- Add comprehensive benchmarks for MimeType/Url/Email types
- Benchmark Arc<str> vs String clone performance (3-5x faster)
- Include break-even analysis for Arc creation overhead
- Fix clippy warnings in example files (format strings, unwrap)
- Fix rustdoc broken link for Deref trait

Profiling results:
- ~407 allocations per parse (target: <200)
- 47% of allocations are <32 bytes (optimization candidates)
- Arc<str> for MimeType validated as optimal choice
@github-actions github-actions bot added type: build Build system, dependencies, or tooling component: tests Test suite or test infrastructure component: benchmarks Benchmarks or performance testing component: dependencies Dependency updates or management area: performance Performance-critical code paths labels Dec 28, 2025
- Add SmallString type alias using CompactString
- Strings ≤24 bytes are stored inline without heap allocation
- Applied to fields that typically contain short values:
  - Link.rel, Link.hreflang (language codes)
  - Person.name (author names)
  - Tag.term, Tag.scheme, Tag.label
  - TextConstruct.language, Content.language
  - Generator.version
  - Entry.id, Entry.author, Entry.publisher, Entry.dc_creator
  - FeedMeta.author, FeedMeta.publisher, FeedMeta.language
  - FeedMeta.dc_creator, FeedMeta.dc_publisher

Performance impact: ~3% reduction in allocations (493→478/parse)
- CompactString is same size as String (24 bytes on 64-bit)
- No regression in parsing benchmarks
- All 591 tests pass
@bug-ops bug-ops merged commit 6168185 into main Dec 28, 2025
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@bug-ops bug-ops deleted the feat/type-optimizations branch December 28, 2025 19:36
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