perf: Use serde to aid in loading docs #91
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This PR addresses #75 by changing how data is loaded at server start. Before, each xml file was parsed at server start into a vector of
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s. Now, the following takes place:asm_docs_parsing
) parses said xml files into vectors and then serializes them once beforehand. The serialized content is then written to a separate fileBefore marking this PR as ready, I'd like to do a thorough performance measurement, as well as to write some tests to ensure the serialized docs stay in sync with their xml counterparts.Averaged over 10 trials each, the server now starts about 12% faster, which is an absolute win. The performance gains added here will continue to help as we add additional architectures as well.
However, some initial measurements are promising:
Closes #75