Avoid creating an aggregation context unnecessarily if the function is

called against 0 rows.

src/functions.rs

@@ -329,8 +329,9 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
 /// `A` is the type of the aggregation context and `T` is the type of the final result.
 /// Implementations should be stateless.
 pub trait Aggregate<A, T> where T: ToResult {
-    /// Initializes the aggregation context. Will be called exactly once for each
+    /// Initializes the aggregation context. Will be called prior to the first call
-    /// invocation of the function.
+    /// to `step()` to set up the context for an invocation of the function. (Note:
+    /// `init()` will not be called if the there are no rows.)
     fn init(&self) -> A;
 
     /// "step" function called once for each row in an aggregate group. May be called
@@ -338,8 +339,11 @@ pub trait Aggregate<A, T> where T: ToResult {
     fn step(&self, &mut Context, &mut A) -> Result<()>;
 
     /// Computes and returns the final result. Will be called exactly once for each
-    /// invocation of the function.
+    /// invocation of the function. If `step()` was called at least once, will be given
-    fn finalize(&self, A) -> Result<T>;
+    /// `Some(A)` (the same `A` as was created by `init` and given to `step`); if `step()`
+    /// was not called (because the function is running against 0 rows), will be given
+    /// `None`.
+    fn finalize(&self, Option<A>) -> Result<T>;
 }
 
 impl Connection {
@@ -485,21 +489,13 @@ impl InnerConnection {
         where D: Aggregate<A, T>,
               T: ToResult
     {
-        // Get our aggregation context from the sqlite3_context.
+        unsafe fn aggregate_context<A>(ctx: *mut sqlite3_context) -> Option<*mut *mut A> {
-        unsafe fn aggregate_context<A, D, T>(agg: &D, ctx: *mut sqlite3_context) -> Result<*mut A>
-            where D: Aggregate<A, T>,
-                  T: ToResult
-        {
             let pac = ffi::sqlite3_aggregate_context(ctx, ::std::mem::size_of::<*mut A>() as c_int)
                             as *mut *mut A;
             if pac.is_null() {
-                return Err(Error::SqliteFailure(ffi::Error::new(ffi::SQLITE_NOMEM), None));
+                return None;
             }
-            if (*pac).is_null() {
+            Some(pac)
-                let a = agg.init();
-                *pac = Box::into_raw(Box::new(a));
-            }
-            Ok(*pac)
         }
 
         unsafe fn report_aggregate_error(ctx: *mut sqlite3_context, err: Error) {
@@ -529,21 +525,25 @@ impl InnerConnection {
             assert!(!boxed_aggr.is_null(),
                     "Internal error - null aggregate pointer");
 
-            let agg_ctx = match aggregate_context(&*boxed_aggr, ctx) {
+            let pac = match aggregate_context(ctx) {
-                Ok(agg_ctx) => agg_ctx,
+                Some(pac) => pac,
-                Err(_) => {
+                None => {
                     ffi::sqlite3_result_error_nomem(ctx);
                     return;
                 }
             };
 
+            if (*pac).is_null() {
+                *pac = Box::into_raw(Box::new((*boxed_aggr).init()));
+            }
+
             let mut ctx = Context {
                 ctx: ctx,
                 args: slice::from_raw_parts(argv, argc as usize),
             };
 
-            match (*boxed_aggr).step(&mut ctx, &mut *agg_ctx) {
+            match (*boxed_aggr).step(&mut ctx, &mut **pac) {
-                Ok(_) => {},
+                Ok(_) => {}
                 Err(err) => report_aggregate_error(ctx.ctx, err),
             };
         }
@@ -556,17 +556,22 @@ impl InnerConnection {
             assert!(!boxed_aggr.is_null(),
                     "Internal error - null aggregate pointer");
 
-            let agg_ctx = match aggregate_context(&*boxed_aggr, ctx) {
+            let pac = match aggregate_context(ctx) {
-                Ok(agg_ctx) => agg_ctx,
+                Some(pac) => pac,
-                Err(_) => {
+                None => {
                     ffi::sqlite3_result_error_nomem(ctx);
                     return;
                 }
             };
 
-            let a = Box::from_raw(agg_ctx); // to be freed
+            let a: Option<A> = if (*pac).is_null() {
+                None
+            } else {
+                let a = Box::from_raw(*pac);
+                Some(*a)
+            };
 
-            match (*boxed_aggr).finalize(*a) {
+            match (*boxed_aggr).finalize(a) {
                 Ok(r) => r.set_result(ctx),
                 Err(err) => report_aggregate_error(ctx, err),
             };
@@ -780,13 +785,13 @@ mod test {
     struct Sum;
     struct Count;
 
-    impl Aggregate<Option<i64>, Option<i64>> for Sum {
+    impl Aggregate<i64, Option<i64>> for Sum {
-        fn init(&self) -> Option<i64> {
+        fn init(&self) -> i64 {
-            None
+            0
         }
 
-        fn step(&self, ctx: &mut Context, sum: &mut Option<i64>) -> Result<()> {
+        fn step(&self, ctx: &mut Context, sum: &mut i64) -> Result<()> {
-            *sum = Some(sum.unwrap_or(0) + try!(ctx.get::<i64>(0)));
+            *sum += try!(ctx.get::<i64>(0));
             Ok(())
         }
 
@@ -805,8 +810,8 @@ mod test {
             Ok(())
         }
 
-        fn finalize(&self, sum: i64) -> Result<i64> {
+        fn finalize(&self, sum: Option<i64>) -> Result<i64> {
-            Ok(sum)
+            Ok(sum.unwrap_or(0))
         }
     }