Use Box'es to reduce size of hir_def::expr::Expr from 128 to 72 bytes (on 64bit systems)

Rationale: only a minority of variants used almost half the size.
By keeping large members (especially in Option) behind a box
the memory cost is only payed when the large variants are needed.

This reduces the size Vec<Expr> needs to allocate.

crates/hir_def/src/body/lower.rs

@@ -322,8 +322,10 @@ impl ExprCollector<'_> {
                     Vec::new()
                 };
                 let method_name = e.name_ref().map(|nr| nr.as_name()).unwrap_or_else(Name::missing);
-                let generic_args =
-                    e.generic_arg_list().and_then(|it| GenericArgs::from_ast(&self.ctx(), it));
+                let generic_args = e
+                    .generic_arg_list()
+                    .and_then(|it| GenericArgs::from_ast(&self.ctx(), it))
+                    .map(Box::new);
                 self.alloc_expr(
                     Expr::MethodCall { receiver, method_name, args, generic_args },
                     syntax_ptr,
@@ -385,7 +387,7 @@ impl ExprCollector<'_> {
                 self.alloc_expr(Expr::Yield { expr }, syntax_ptr)
             }
             ast::Expr::RecordExpr(e) => {
-                let path = e.path().and_then(|path| self.expander.parse_path(path));
+                let path = e.path().and_then(|path| self.expander.parse_path(path)).map(Box::new);
                 let record_lit = if let Some(nfl) = e.record_expr_field_list() {
                     let fields = nfl
                         .fields()
@@ -430,7 +432,7 @@ impl ExprCollector<'_> {
             }
             ast::Expr::CastExpr(e) => {
                 let expr = self.collect_expr_opt(e.expr());
-                let type_ref = TypeRef::from_ast_opt(&self.ctx(), e.ty());
+                let type_ref = Box::new(TypeRef::from_ast_opt(&self.ctx(), e.ty()));
                 self.alloc_expr(Expr::Cast { expr, type_ref }, syntax_ptr)
             }
             ast::Expr::RefExpr(e) => {
@@ -469,8 +471,10 @@ impl ExprCollector<'_> {
                         arg_types.push(type_ref);
                     }
                 }
-                let ret_type =
-                    e.ret_type().and_then(|r| r.ty()).map(|it| TypeRef::from_ast(&self.ctx(), it));
+                let ret_type = e
+                    .ret_type()
+                    .and_then(|r| r.ty())
+                    .map(|it| Box::new(TypeRef::from_ast(&self.ctx(), it)));
                 let body = self.collect_expr_opt(e.body());
                 self.alloc_expr(Expr::Lambda { args, arg_types, ret_type, body }, syntax_ptr)
             }

crates/hir_def/src/expr.rs

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ pub enum Expr {
         receiver: ExprId,
         method_name: Name,
         args: Vec<ExprId>,
-        generic_args: Option<GenericArgs>,
+        generic_args: Option<Box<GenericArgs>>,
     },
     Match {
         expr: ExprId,
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ pub enum Expr {
         expr: Option<ExprId>,
     },
     RecordLit {
-        path: Option<Path>,
+        path: Option<Box<Path>>,
         fields: Vec<RecordLitField>,
         spread: Option<ExprId>,
     },
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ pub enum Expr {
     },
     Cast {
         expr: ExprId,
-        type_ref: TypeRef,
+        type_ref: Box<TypeRef>,
     },
     Ref {
         expr: ExprId,
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ pub enum Expr {
     Lambda {
         args: Vec<PatId>,
         arg_types: Vec<Option<TypeRef>>,
-        ret_type: Option<TypeRef>,
+        ret_type: Option<Box<TypeRef>>,
         body: ExprId,
     },
     Tuple {

crates/hir_ty/src/infer/expr.rs

@@ -317,7 +317,13 @@ impl<'a> InferenceContext<'a> {
                 self.normalize_associated_types_in(ret_ty)
             }
             Expr::MethodCall { receiver, args, method_name, generic_args } => self
-                .infer_method_call(tgt_expr, *receiver, &args, &method_name, generic_args.as_ref()),
+                .infer_method_call(
+                    tgt_expr,
+                    *receiver,
+                    &args,
+                    &method_name,
+                    generic_args.as_deref(),
+                ),
             Expr::Match { expr, arms } => {
                 let input_ty = self.infer_expr(*expr, &Expectation::none());
 
@@ -398,7 +404,7 @@ impl<'a> InferenceContext<'a> {
                 TyKind::Never.intern(&Interner)
             }
             Expr::RecordLit { path, fields, spread } => {
-                let (ty, def_id) = self.resolve_variant(path.as_ref());
+                let (ty, def_id) = self.resolve_variant(path.as_deref());
                 if let Some(variant) = def_id {
                     self.write_variant_resolution(tgt_expr.into(), variant);
                 }