fmt: make printing of ints 25-35% faster

Inspired by a remark by Leonard Holz, use constants for division

BenchmarkSprintfEmpty           130           132           +1.54%
BenchmarkSprintfString          438           437           -0.23%
BenchmarkSprintfInt             417           414           -0.72%
BenchmarkSprintfIntInt          663           691           +4.22%
BenchmarkSprintfPrefixedInt     791           774           -2.15%
BenchmarkSprintfFloat           701           686           -2.14%
BenchmarkManyArgs               2584          2469          -4.45%
BenchmarkFprintInt              488           357           -26.84%
BenchmarkFprintIntNoAlloc       402           265           -34.08%
BenchmarkScanInts               1244346       1267574       +1.87%
BenchmarkScanRecursiveInt       1748741       1724138       -1.41%

Update #3463

LGTM=josharian, rsc
R=golang-codereviews, josharian, rsc
CC=golang-codereviews
https://golang.org/cl/144250043

Author: robpike

src/fmt/fmt_test.go

@@ -854,6 +854,23 @@ func BenchmarkManyArgs(b *testing.B) {
 	})
 }
 
+func BenchmarkFprintInt(b *testing.B) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		buf.Reset()
+		Fprint(&buf, 123456)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkFprintIntNoAlloc(b *testing.B) {
+	var x interface{} = 123456
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		buf.Reset()
+		Fprint(&buf, x)
+	}
+}
+
 var mallocBuf bytes.Buffer
 var mallocPointer *int // A pointer so we know the interface value won't allocate.
 

src/fmt/format.go

@@ -199,10 +199,36 @@ func (f *fmt) integer(a int64, base uint64, signedness bool, digits string) {
 	// block but it's not worth the duplication, so ua has 64 bits.
 	i := len(buf)
 	ua := uint64(a)
-	for ua >= base {
-		i--
-		buf[i] = digits[ua%base]
-		ua /= base
+	// use constants for the division and modulo for more efficient code.
+	// switch cases ordered by popularity.
+	switch base {
+	case 10:
+		for ua >= 10 {
+			i--
+			next := ua / 10
+			buf[i] = byte('0' + ua - next*10)
+			ua = next
+		}
+	case 16:
+		for ua >= 16 {
+			i--
+			buf[i] = digits[ua&0xF]
+			ua >>= 4
+		}
+	case 8:
+		for ua >= 8 {
+			i--
+			buf[i] = byte('0' + ua&7)
+			ua >>= 3
+		}
+	case 2:
+		for ua >= 2 {
+			i--
+			buf[i] = byte('0' + ua&1)
+			ua >>= 1
+		}
+	default:
+		panic("fmt: unknown base; can't happen")
 	}
 	i--
 	buf[i] = digits[ua]