Remove some unnecessary initialization in seq operations (#22677)

* `PrepareSeqAdd`
* `add`
* `setLen`
* `grow`

Merge after #21842.

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Co-authored-by: ringabout <[email protected]>

Author: AmjadHD

lib/system/seqs_v2.nim

@@ -79,15 +79,42 @@ proc prepareSeqAdd(len: int; p: pointer; addlen, elemSize, elemAlign: int): poin
       var p = cast[ptr NimSeqPayloadBase](p)
       let oldCap = p.cap and not strlitFlag
       let newCap = max(resize(oldCap), len+addlen)
+      var q: ptr NimSeqPayloadBase
       if (p.cap and strlitFlag) == strlitFlag:
-        var q = cast[ptr NimSeqPayloadBase](alignedAlloc0(headerSize + elemSize * newCap, elemAlign))
+        q = cast[ptr NimSeqPayloadBase](alignedAlloc(headerSize + elemSize * newCap, elemAlign))
+        copyMem(q +! headerSize, p +! headerSize, len * elemSize)
+      else:
+        let oldSize = headerSize + elemSize * oldCap
+        let newSize = headerSize + elemSize * newCap
+        q = cast[ptr NimSeqPayloadBase](alignedRealloc(p, oldSize, newSize, elemAlign))
+
+      zeroMem(q +! headerSize +! len * elemSize, addlen * elemSize)
+      q.cap = newCap
+      result = q
+
+proc prepareSeqAddUninit(len: int; p: pointer; addlen, elemSize, elemAlign: int): pointer {.
+    noSideEffect, tags: [], raises: [], compilerRtl.} =
+  {.noSideEffect.}:
+    let headerSize = align(sizeof(NimSeqPayloadBase), elemAlign)
+    if addlen <= 0:
+      result = p
+    elif p == nil:
+      result = newSeqPayloadUninit(len+addlen, elemSize, elemAlign)
+    else:
+      # Note: this means we cannot support things that have internal pointers as
+      # they get reallocated here. This needs to be documented clearly.
+      var p = cast[ptr NimSeqPayloadBase](p)
+      let oldCap = p.cap and not strlitFlag
+      let newCap = max(resize(oldCap), len+addlen)
+      if (p.cap and strlitFlag) == strlitFlag:
+        var q = cast[ptr NimSeqPayloadBase](alignedAlloc(headerSize + elemSize * newCap, elemAlign))
         copyMem(q +! headerSize, p +! headerSize, len * elemSize)
         q.cap = newCap
         result = q
       else:
         let oldSize = headerSize + elemSize * oldCap
         let newSize = headerSize + elemSize * newCap
-        var q = cast[ptr NimSeqPayloadBase](alignedRealloc0(p, oldSize, newSize, elemAlign))
+        var q = cast[ptr NimSeqPayloadBase](alignedRealloc(p, oldSize, newSize, elemAlign))
         q.cap = newCap
         result = q
 
@@ -104,16 +131,17 @@ proc shrink*[T](x: var seq[T]; newLen: Natural) {.tags: [], raises: [].} =
     {.noSideEffect.}:
       cast[ptr NimSeqV2[T]](addr x).len = newLen
 
-proc grow*[T](x: var seq[T]; newLen: Natural; value: T) =
+proc grow*[T](x: var seq[T]; newLen: Natural; value: T) {.nodestroy.} =
   let oldLen = x.len
   #sysAssert newLen >= x.len, "invalid newLen parameter for 'grow'"
   if newLen <= oldLen: return
   var xu = cast[ptr NimSeqV2[T]](addr x)
   if xu.p == nil or (xu.p.cap and not strlitFlag) < newLen:
-    xu.p = cast[typeof(xu.p)](prepareSeqAdd(oldLen, xu.p, newLen - oldLen, sizeof(T), alignof(T)))
+    xu.p = cast[typeof(xu.p)](prepareSeqAddUninit(oldLen, xu.p, newLen - oldLen, sizeof(T), alignof(T)))
   xu.len = newLen
   for i in oldLen .. newLen-1:
-    xu.p.data[i] = value
+    wasMoved(xu.p.data[i])
+    `=copy`(xu.p.data[i], value)
 
 proc add*[T](x: var seq[T]; y: sink T) {.magic: "AppendSeqElem", noSideEffect, nodestroy.} =
   ## Generic proc for adding a data item `y` to a container `x`.
@@ -126,7 +154,7 @@ proc add*[T](x: var seq[T]; y: sink T) {.magic: "AppendSeqElem", noSideEffect, n
     let oldLen = x.len
     var xu = cast[ptr NimSeqV2[T]](addr x)
     if xu.p == nil or (xu.p.cap and not strlitFlag) < oldLen+1:
-      xu.p = cast[typeof(xu.p)](prepareSeqAdd(oldLen, xu.p, 1, sizeof(T), alignof(T)))
+      xu.p = cast[typeof(xu.p)](prepareSeqAddUninit(oldLen, xu.p, 1, sizeof(T), alignof(T)))
     xu.len = oldLen+1
     # .nodestroy means `xu.p.data[oldLen] = value` is compiled into a
     # copyMem(). This is fine as know by construction that
@@ -143,7 +171,7 @@ proc setLen[T](s: var seq[T], newlen: Natural) {.nodestroy.} =
       if newlen <= oldLen: return
       var xu = cast[ptr NimSeqV2[T]](addr s)
       if xu.p == nil or (xu.p.cap and not strlitFlag) < newlen:
-        xu.p = cast[typeof(xu.p)](prepareSeqAdd(oldLen, xu.p, newlen - oldLen, sizeof(T), alignof(T)))
+        xu.p = cast[typeof(xu.p)](prepareSeqAddUninit(oldLen, xu.p, newlen - oldLen, sizeof(T), alignof(T)))
       xu.len = newlen
       for i in oldLen..<newlen:
         xu.p.data[i] = default(T)