♻️ Refactor: reduce DefaultCtx from 768 bytes to 736 bytes (#3353)

* ♻️ Refactor: reduce DefaultCtx from 768 bytes to 736 bytes

* ♻️ Refactor: add comments

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Co-authored-by: Juan Calderon-Perez <835733+gaby@users.noreply.github.com>

ctx.go

@@ -60,13 +60,11 @@ type DefaultCtx struct {
 	viewBindMap   sync.Map             // Default view map to bind template engine
 	method        string               // HTTP method
 	baseURI       string               // HTTP base uri
-	path                string               // HTTP path with the modifications by the configuration -> string copy from pathBuffer
-	detectionPath       string               // Route detection path                                  -> string copy from detectionPathBuffer
 	treePath      string               // Path for the search in the tree
 	pathOriginal  string               // Original HTTP path
-	pathBuffer          []byte               // HTTP path buffer
-	detectionPathBuffer []byte               // HTTP detectionPath buffer
 	flashMessages redirectionMsgs      // Flash messages
+	path          []byte               // HTTP path with the modifications by the configuration
+	detectionPath []byte               // Route detection path
 	indexRoute    int                  // Index of the current route
 	indexHandler  int                  // Index of the current handler
 	methodINT     int                  // HTTP method INT equivalent
@@ -1123,8 +1121,9 @@ func Params[V GenericType](c Ctx, key string, defaultValue ...V) V {
 
 // Path returns the path part of the request URL.
 // Optionally, you could override the path.
+// Make copies or use the Immutable setting to use the value outside the Handler.
 func (c *DefaultCtx) Path(override ...string) string {
-	if len(override) != 0 && c.path != override[0] {
+	if len(override) != 0 && string(c.path) != override[0] {
 		// Set new path to context
 		c.pathOriginal = override[0]
 
@@ -1133,7 +1132,7 @@ func (c *DefaultCtx) Path(override ...string) string {
 		// Prettify path
 		c.configDependentPaths()
 	}
-	return c.path
+	return c.app.getString(c.path)
 }
 
 // Scheme contains the request protocol string: http or https for TLS requests.
@@ -1832,32 +1831,32 @@ func (c *DefaultCtx) XHR() bool {
 // configDependentPaths set paths for route recognition and prepared paths for the user,
 // here the features for caseSensitive, decoded paths, strict paths are evaluated
 func (c *DefaultCtx) configDependentPaths() {
-	c.pathBuffer = append(c.pathBuffer[0:0], c.pathOriginal...)
+	c.path = append(c.path[:0], c.pathOriginal...)
 	// If UnescapePath enabled, we decode the path and save it for the framework user
 	if c.app.config.UnescapePath {
-		c.pathBuffer = fasthttp.AppendUnquotedArg(c.pathBuffer[:0], c.pathBuffer)
+		c.path = fasthttp.AppendUnquotedArg(c.path[:0], c.path)
 	}
-	c.path = c.app.getString(c.pathBuffer)
 
 	// another path is specified which is for routing recognition only
 	// use the path that was changed by the previous configuration flags
-	c.detectionPathBuffer = append(c.detectionPathBuffer[0:0], c.pathBuffer...)
+	c.detectionPath = append(c.detectionPath[:0], c.path...)
 	// If CaseSensitive is disabled, we lowercase the original path
 	if !c.app.config.CaseSensitive {
-		c.detectionPathBuffer = utils.ToLowerBytes(c.detectionPathBuffer)
+		c.detectionPath = utils.ToLowerBytes(c.detectionPath)
 	}
 	// If StrictRouting is disabled, we strip all trailing slashes
-	if !c.app.config.StrictRouting && len(c.detectionPathBuffer) > 1 && c.detectionPathBuffer[len(c.detectionPathBuffer)-1] == '/' {
-		c.detectionPathBuffer = utils.TrimRight(c.detectionPathBuffer, '/')
+	if !c.app.config.StrictRouting && len(c.detectionPath) > 1 && c.detectionPath[len(c.detectionPath)-1] == '/' {
+		c.detectionPath = utils.TrimRight(c.detectionPath, '/')
 	}
-	c.detectionPath = c.app.getString(c.detectionPathBuffer)
 
 	// Define the path for dividing routes into areas for fast tree detection, so that fewer routes need to be traversed,
 	// since the first three characters area select a list of routes
-	c.treePath = c.treePath[0:0]
+	c.treePath = ""
 	const maxDetectionPaths = 3
 	if len(c.detectionPath) >= maxDetectionPaths {
-		c.treePath = c.detectionPath[:maxDetectionPaths]
+		// c.treePath is only used by Fiber and is not exposed to the user
+		// so we can use utils.UnsafeString instead of c.app.getString
+		c.treePath = utils.UnsafeString(c.detectionPath[:maxDetectionPaths])
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1963,7 +1962,7 @@ func (c *DefaultCtx) getTreePath() string {
 }
 
 func (c *DefaultCtx) getDetectionPath() string {
-	return c.detectionPath
+	return c.app.getString(c.detectionPath)
 }
 
 func (c *DefaultCtx) getPathOriginal() string {

router.go

@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func (app *App) next(c *DefaultCtx) (bool, error) {
 		}
 
 		// Check if it matches the request path
-		match = route.match(c.detectionPath, c.path, &c.values)
+		match = route.match(utils.UnsafeString(c.detectionPath), utils.UnsafeString(c.path), &c.values)
 		if !match {
 			// No match, next route
 			continue