The "_ [0]byte" trick has no base in my knowledge. For the author's specified example, [1024]float64 will be always allocated on one whole page, aka, always 64-byte aligned.
For "Array of Structs vs Struct of Arrays", using slices as fields is a good idea. If the purpose is to make fields allocated on their respective memory block, just use pointers instead.
> The "_ [0]byte" trick has no base in my knowledge. For the author's specified example, [1024]float64 will be always allocated on one whole page, aka, always 64-byte aligned.
You're right - I read the results I had wrong on that one. That one is slower, not faster, on both my M2 and on x86 machine.
I tried the others on my x86 machine and they all do something for me - not nearly as much as the article, but something.
The "_ [0]byte" trick has no base in my knowledge. For the author's specified example, [1024]float64 will be always allocated on one whole page, aka, always 64-byte aligned.
For "Array of Structs vs Struct of Arrays", using slices as fields is a good idea. If the purpose is to make fields allocated on their respective memory block, just use pointers instead.
> The "_ [0]byte" trick has no base in my knowledge. For the author's specified example, [1024]float64 will be always allocated on one whole page, aka, always 64-byte aligned.
You're right - I read the results I had wrong on that one. That one is slower, not faster, on both my M2 and on x86 machine.