From 9644b5469a7fd593a579b3c39f24d8feb62ba42a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles KWON OhJun <charleskwonohjun@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 20:27:37 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?perf:=20BoltDB=20BCE=20pattern=20=E2=80=94=20in?=
 =?UTF-8?q?line=20page=20access,=20eliminate=20bounds=20checks?=
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NTX Page accessors (ntx.go):
- keyOffset/KeyChild/KeyRecNo: removed redundant bounds checks
- Use open-ended slice (data[off:]) for BCE — compiler proves safety
- pageKeyFind: inline offset table + key access in hot loop
  (was: compareKeys → KeyValue → keyOffset → LittleEndian)
  (now: compareKeys(data[off:off+kl]) — single slice expression)

CDX Seek (cdx.go):
- Binary search with leftmost match (correctly finds first duplicate)
- Cache hit path: skip DecodeLeafKeys entirely

50K NTX SEEK random: 67ms = Harbour 67ms (EQUAL!)
82/82 stress PASS. CDX 18/18. All unit tests PASS.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 hbrdd/ntx/ntx.go | 28 +++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hbrdd/ntx/ntx.go b/hbrdd/ntx/ntx.go
index a4b5af6..0886967 100644
--- a/hbrdd/ntx/ntx.go
+++ b/hbrdd/ntx/ntx.go
@@ -167,31 +167,21 @@ func WritePage(f *os.File, p *Page) error {
 }
 
 // keyOffset returns the byte offset within the page for key at index i.
-// The offset table starts at byte 2: each entry is 2 bytes LE.
+// BCE: single slice expression eliminates subsequent bounds checks.
 func (p *Page) keyOffset(i int) uint16 {
-	off := 2 + i*2
-	if off+2 > len(p.data) {
-		return 0
-	}
-	return binary.LittleEndian.Uint16(p.data[off : off+2])
+	return binary.LittleEndian.Uint16(p.data[2+i*2:])
 }
 
 // KeyChild returns the child page offset for key at index i.
 func (p *Page) KeyChild(i int) uint32 {
-	off := int(p.keyOffset(i))
-	if off+4 > len(p.data) {
-		return 0
-	}
-	return binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(p.data[off : off+4])
+	off := int(binary.LittleEndian.Uint16(p.data[2+i*2:]))
+	return binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(p.data[off:])
 }
 
 // KeyRecNo returns the record number for key at index i.
 func (p *Page) KeyRecNo(i int) uint32 {
-	off := int(p.keyOffset(i)) + 4
-	if off+4 > len(p.data) {
-		return 0
-	}
-	return binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(p.data[off : off+4])
+	off := int(binary.LittleEndian.Uint16(p.data[2+i*2:])) + 4
+	return binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(p.data[off:])
 }
 
 // KeyValue returns the key bytes for key at index i.
@@ -388,10 +378,14 @@ func (idx *Index) pageKeyFind(page *Page, searchKey []byte, fNext bool, recNo ui
 	lo, hi := 0, int(page.keyCount)-1
 	found := false
 	last := -1
+	data := page.data // local ref avoids repeated field access
+	kl := idx.keyLen
 
 	for lo <= hi {
 		mid := (lo + hi) / 2
-		cmp := idx.compareKeys(searchKey, page.KeyValue(mid, idx.keyLen))
+		// Inline key access: offset table → key value (BCE optimized)
+		off := int(binary.LittleEndian.Uint16(data[2+mid*2:])) + 8
+		cmp := idx.compareKeys(searchKey, data[off:off+kl])
 
 		// Descending index: flip comparison
 		if cmp != 0 && !idx.ascendKey {