#5835 replaced the switch on the value type in operator*, operator->,
operator++, operator-- and operator== of iter_impl with an if chain that
tests for an array first. Every step over an object then pays for a
failed test and a taken branch: with the iterator inlined, walking
twitter.json took 14% more cycles than with 3.12.0, and citm_catalog.json
3.5% more.
Test for objects first. Walking every value of the three files now
takes fewer cycles than with 3.12.0 (Apple M1 Max, Apple clang 21):
citm_catalog.json 1.21x, twitter.json 1.04x, canada.json 1.17x as fast.
canada.json, which holds only arrays, gives back part of the gain of
#5835 (develop: 1.62x); the other orders tried (arrays first without
hints, objects first without hints, a switch) each left one of the
files slower than 3.12.0.
Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
Niels Lohmann
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