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Remove single-character property name optimization from SDDM #1433

@jasonkuhrt

Description

@jasonkuhrt

Problem

SDDM currently uses single-character property names (f, nt, a, etc.) as a bundle size optimization. However, analysis shows this provides minimal benefit after gzip compression:

  • Uncompressed savings: 466 bytes (3.6%)
  • Gzipped savings: 34 bytes (2.3%)

The short property names hurt developer experience during debugging and code exploration.

Proposal

Replace single-character names with readable names:

  • ffields
  • ntnamedType
  • aarguments
  • adargumentsDescendant
  • itinlineType
  • kkind
  • nname
  • fcsfieldsContainingScalars

Impact

  • Bundle size: +34 bytes gzipped (negligible)
  • DX: Significantly improved debugging and code readability
  • Changes needed:
    • Update type definitions in src/docpar/core/sddm/SchemaDrivenDataMap.ts
    • Update generator in src/generator/generators/SchemaDrivenDataMap.ts
    • Update consumers in src/requestPipeline/encode.ts, src/requestPipeline/decode.ts, parser context, etc.

Analysis

Modern gzip compression largely neutralizes the benefit of short property names because it compresses repetition. After the first occurrence of a property name, subsequent occurrences compress to ~1-2 bytes regardless of length.

The optimization is a micro-optimization that provides minimal real-world benefit while hurting developer experience.

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