- Use an enum of all field names instead of string literals
- Create a struct type with all fields optional instead of relying on
anonymous struct literals
This should provide better type inference, compile errors, and a
(subjectively) cleaner API.
These AST nodes now have a flags field and then a bunch of optional
trailing objects. The end result is lower memory usage and consequently
better performance. This is part of an ongoing effort to reduce the
amount of memory parsed ASTs take up.
Running `zig fmt` on the std lib:
* cache-misses: 2,554,321 => 2,534,745
* instructions: 3,293,220,119 => 3,302,479,874
* peak memory: 74.0 MiB => 73.0 MiB
Holding the entire std lib AST in memory at the same time:
93.9 MiB => 88.5 MiB
This is useful for saving memory when allocating an object that has many
optional components. The optional objects are allocated sequentially in
memory, and a single integer is used to represent each optional object
and whether it is present based on each corresponding bit.
