Avoid allocations when parsing strings by line

2020/src/common.rs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::io::BufRead;
 use std::io::BufReader;
 use std::io::Read;
 use std::iter::FromIterator;
+use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
 /// Read input line by line and try to parse it into some collection.
@@ -14,11 +15,8 @@ where
     E: Debug,
     T: FromIterator<I>,
 {
-    let reader = BufReader::new(input);
-
-    reader
-        .lines()
-        .map(|line| line.unwrap().parse::<I>().unwrap())
+    Lines::new(input)
+        .map(|line| line.parse::<I>().unwrap())
         .collect()
 }
 
@@ -71,6 +69,56 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+/// Iterator that allows for mostly alloc-less &str iteration
+///
+/// If an owned String is needed, use `BufRead::lines()` as this version is
+/// optimized for temporary references.
+pub struct Lines<T>
+where
+    T: Read,
+{
+    reader: BufReader<T>,
+    buffer: Rc<String>,
+}
+
+impl<T> Lines<T>
+where
+    T: Read,
+{
+    pub fn new(input: T) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            reader: BufReader::new(input),
+            buffer: Rc::default(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> Iterator for Lines<T>
+where
+    T: Read,
+{
+    type Item = Rc<String>;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        // Assuming the consumer has released the previous reference to the
+        // string, this should not make a copy
+        let buffer = Rc::make_mut(&mut self.buffer);
+        buffer.clear();
+
+        if let Ok(read) = self.reader.read_line(buffer) {
+            if read > 0 {
+                if buffer.ends_with('\n') {
+                    buffer.pop();
+                }
+
+                return Some(Rc::clone(&self.buffer));
+            }
+        }
+
+        None
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;

2020/src/day02.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-use std::io::BufRead;
-use std::io::BufReader;
 use std::io::Read;
 
 use regex::Regex;
 
+use crate::common::Lines;
 use crate::Solution;
 
 fn matches1(min: usize, max: usize, c: char, sample: &str) -> bool {
@@ -25,17 +24,10 @@ where
 {
     let parser = Regex::new(r"^(\d+)-(\d+) ([a-z]): ([a-z]+)$").unwrap();
 
-    let mut reader = BufReader::new(input);
-    let mut buffer = String::new();
-
     let mut matching = 0;
 
-    while let Ok(read) = reader.read_line(&mut buffer) {
-        if read == 0 {
-            break;
-        }
-
-        let cap = parser.captures(buffer.trim()).unwrap();
+    for line in Lines::new(input) {
+        let cap = parser.captures(&line).unwrap();
 
         let first = cap[1].parse().unwrap();
         let second = cap[2].parse().unwrap();
@@ -45,8 +37,6 @@ where
         if matcher(first, second, c, sample) {
             matching += 1
         }
-
-        buffer.clear()
     }
 
     matching

2020/src/day05.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-use std::io::BufRead;
-use std::io::BufReader;
 use std::io::Read;
 
+use crate::common::Lines;
 use crate::Solution;
 
 fn seat_id(boarding_pass: &str) -> u32 {
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ fn seat_id(boarding_pass: &str) -> u32 {
 }
 
 fn seat_iter<'a>(input: &'a mut dyn Read) -> impl Iterator<Item = u32> + 'a {
-    BufReader::new(input).lines().map(|s| seat_id(&s.unwrap()))
+    Lines::new(input).map(|s| seat_id(&s))
 }
 
 #[derive(Default)]