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.
This commit is contained in:
Brues
2026-09-02 16:22:04 -05:00
parent b5025f9ec7
commit 322063eff8
6 changed files with 99 additions and 39 deletions
+7 -6
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@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("nameplates", function ()
-- Reusable per-plate debuff display buffer (avoid GC churn from per-call table creation)
local debuffDisplayBuf = {} -- [i] = { effect, texture, stacks, dtype, duration, timeleft }
for i = 1, 16 do debuffDisplayBuf[i] = {} end
local auraSlots = {} -- reusable GetAuraSlots buffer for the per-plate aura scan
local threatMemory = {} -- guid -> true if mob had player targeted
-- local debuffSeen = {} -- reusable table for debuff tracking (avoid GC churn)
@@ -1312,11 +1313,12 @@ nameplates:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_GUILD_UPDATE")
if unitstr then
local filter = cfg.owndebuffs and "HARMFUL|PLAYER" or "HARMFUL"
local now = GetTime()
-- positional UnitAura writes straight into the reusable buffer, so the
-- per-plate scan allocates nothing (no per-aura table, no result array)
local i = 1
while debuffCount < 16 do
local aname, icon, count, dispelType, duration, expirationTime = C_UnitAuras.UnitAura(unitstr, i, filter)
-- one GetAuraSlots enumeration, then positional by-slot reads straight
-- into the reusable buffer: the per-plate scan allocates nothing (no
-- per-aura table, no result array) and walks the aura array once
local n = ScanAuraSlots(unitstr, filter, auraSlots, 16)
for i = 1, n do
local aname, icon, count, dispelType, duration, expirationTime = C_UnitAuras.UnitAuraBySlot(unitstr, auraSlots[i])
if not aname then break end
debuffCount = debuffCount + 1
local b = debuffDisplayBuf[debuffCount]
@@ -1326,7 +1328,6 @@ nameplates:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_GUILD_UPDATE")
b.dtype = dispelType
b.duration = duration
b.timeleft = (expirationTime and expirationTime > 0) and (expirationTime - now) or nil
i = i + 1
end
end
for i = 1, 16 do