Use StringScanner#peek_byte to get double or single quotation mark

[naitoh]

Why?

StringScanner#peek_byte is fast, because it does not generate String object.

Benchmark

RUBYLIB= BUNDLER_ORIG_RUBYLIB= /Users/naitoh/.rbenv/versions/3.3.4/bin/ruby -v -S benchmark-driver /Users/naitoh/ghq/github.com/naitoh/rexml/benchmark/parse.yaml
ruby 3.3.4 (2024-07-09 revision be1089c8ec) [arm64-darwin22]
Calculating -------------------------------------
                         before       after  before(YJIT)  after(YJIT)
                 dom     19.753      19.888        35.641       35.928 i/s -     100.000 times in 5.062402s 5.028121s 2.805792s 2.783339s
                 sax     30.349      30.978        53.485       57.885 i/s -     100.000 times in 3.295012s 3.228103s 1.869671s 1.727567s
                pull     34.170      35.436        61.713       66.534 i/s -     100.000 times in 2.926534s 2.821955s 1.620404s 1.502996s
              stream     33.121      35.268        60.751       63.276 i/s -     100.000 times in 3.019222s 2.835443s 1.646065s 1.580374s

Comparison:
                              dom
         after(YJIT):        35.9 i/s
        before(YJIT):        35.6 i/s - 1.01x  slower
               after:        19.9 i/s - 1.81x  slower
              before:        19.8 i/s - 1.82x  slower

                              sax
         after(YJIT):        57.9 i/s
        before(YJIT):        53.5 i/s - 1.08x  slower
               after:        31.0 i/s - 1.87x  slower
              before:        30.3 i/s - 1.91x  slower

                             pull
         after(YJIT):        66.5 i/s
        before(YJIT):        61.7 i/s - 1.08x  slower
               after:        35.4 i/s - 1.88x  slower
              before:        34.2 i/s - 1.95x  slower

                           stream
         after(YJIT):        63.3 i/s
        before(YJIT):        60.8 i/s - 1.04x  slower
               after:        35.3 i/s - 1.79x  slower
              before:        33.1 i/s - 1.91x  slower

• YJIT=ON : 1.01x - 1.08x faster
• YJIT=OFF : 1.00x - 1.06x faster

[kou]

Thanks.