No Allocations Reusable String (or NAS) is a simple system which allocates a string representation for float, int and double values, with formatting support like 0.0.
Yeah, it allocates the string once for each value every time you restart the game.
After the string has been allocated once, it's kept in memory until you stop the game.
The name may not suit it very well (SAString would be better), but it does what it says.
It works by allocating the string representation of the value you passed using NAString.Allocate(*) which is then added to a internal readonly dictionary, then when you want to grab the string representation of a value, for example the float 5.5, you can do so without the need of constantly converting it to a string and generating garbage.
An example:
// Here we allocate the value
NAString.Allocate(5.5f);
// Now to display it on something like a TextMeshPRO component, we simply do
component.SetText(NAString.Borrow(5.5f));And done, it's that simple.
If you want to avoid Allocate() and Borrow() visually, you can also use the extension methods, for example:
// The 5.5f value isn't in the cache at first, but it will be after the first call
component.SetText(5.5f.ToNAString());The code is licensed under the MIT License. Permissions:
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