auras: scan through GetAuraSlots instead of by-index loops

Every aura scan loop (unit frame buffs/debuffs, dispel indicators, buff and
custom indicators, player buff frame, buffwatch bars, tooltip buff row) now
enumerates a unit's auras once with C_UnitAuras.GetAuraSlots and reads each
aura by slot id via the positional C_UnitAuras.UnitAuraBySlot. The by-index
getters re-walk the aura array from slot 0 on every call, so a per-button
loop over them was quadratic in the aura count; one enumeration plus a
by-slot read per aura is linear.

pfUI.api.ScanAuraSlots(unit, filter, buf, max) wraps GetAuraSlots' fill-a-
table form (table as the 5th argument) so no vararg Lua frame is involved:
Lua 5.0 allocates an `arg` table for every vararg call, which showed up as
nameplate OnUpdate/OnEvent memory growth in the first cut of this change.

Single by-index reads in tooltip and click handlers are unchanged (one call
each, and SetUnitAura takes the same index).

Requires the ClassicAPI build that adds GetAuraSlots' fill form; on an older
DLL the 5th argument is ignored and ScanAuraSlots would read the first slot
id as the count.
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Brues
2026-09-02 16:22:04 -05:00
parent b5025f9ec7
commit 322063eff8
6 changed files with 99 additions and 39 deletions
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@@ -204,6 +204,26 @@ function pfUI.api.UnitHasBuff(unit, name)
return C_UnitAuras.GetAuraDataBySpellName(unit, name, "HELPFUL") ~= nil or nil
end
-- [ ScanAuraSlots ]
-- Fills `buf` with the slot ids of the auras on `unit` that match `filter` and
-- returns how many (buf[1..n]; entries past n are cleared), so a module can
-- keep one buffer and refill it every refresh. Read each aura with
-- C_UnitAuras.UnitAuraBySlot(unit, buf[i]) (positional, no table) or
-- GetAuraDataBySlot. One enumeration walks the aura array once, where a
-- by-index loop (UnitAura(unit, i)) re-walks it from the start for every i.
-- Uses GetAuraSlots' fill-a-table form (table as the 5th argument) instead of
-- its vararg return: Lua 5.0 builds an `arg` table for every vararg call, so
-- collecting the returns in a Lua helper would allocate once per scan.
-- unit [string] unit token
-- filter [string] aura filter ("HELPFUL", "HARMFUL|PLAYER", ...)
-- buf [table] reusable buffer, filled in place
-- max [number] optional cap on the slot count (nil = all)
-- return: [number] count of slot ids written to buf
function pfUI.api.ScanAuraSlots(unit, filter, buf, max)
local _, n = C_UnitAuras.GetAuraSlots(unit, filter, max, nil, buf)
return n
end
-- [ IsPlayerGuid ]
-- Returns whether a GUID or unit token refers to the local player.
-- guid [string] A unit GUID (or unitID) to test.