Pre-sort PDA messengers by name/job instead of sorting every time we list them (#92613)

## About The Pull Request

this gets rid of the `get_messengers_sorted_by_name` and
`get_messengers_sorted_by_job` procs, instead replacing them with two
new global lists: `GLOB.pda_messengers_by_name` and
`GLOB.pda_messengers_by_job`

those two lists are updated in the `add_messenger` proc, which uses the
binary insert macros to insert it into the properly sorted place.

why? bc sorts suck for performance and all inserts/removals to this list
go thru a single proc anyways, so we can just ensure it's sorted like
this once, instead of re-sorting each time.

thanks to @LemonInTheDark for helping me with this

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<summary><h3>Testing Proof</h3></summary>

<img width="1708" height="1349" alt="2025-08-16 (1755391989) ~
dreamseeker"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1e2dc99a-1863-4a35-8032-8ae64706fdaa"
/>

<img width="1708" height="1349" alt="2025-08-16 (1755392002) ~
dreamseeker"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4d9b3bd0-7f3a-410b-a073-1bf2bd69690b"
/>

</details>

## Why It's Good For The Game

because doing a sort repeatedly whenever someone has their PDA messenger
open is stupid and sucks

## Changelog

no player-facing changes
This commit is contained in:
Lucy
2025-08-17 18:15:18 -04:00
committed by GitHub
parent c80361d5f3
commit 5d8bddfcf4
5 changed files with 21 additions and 23 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
/// A list of all active and visible messengers
GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY_TYPED(pda_messengers, /datum/computer_file/program/messenger)
/// A list of all active and visible messengers
GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY_TYPED(pda_messengers_by_job, /datum/computer_file/program/messenger)
/// A list of all active and visible messengers
GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY_TYPED(pda_messengers_by_name, /datum/computer_file/program/messenger)
/// Registers an NTMessenger instance to the list of pda_messengers.
/proc/add_messenger(datum/computer_file/program/messenger/messenger)
@@ -16,6 +20,9 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY_TYPED(pda_messengers, /datum/computer_file/program/messenger)
return
GLOB.pda_messengers[messenger_ref] = messenger
BINARY_INSERT_PROC_COMPARE(messenger, GLOB.pda_messengers_by_job, /datum/computer_file/program/messenger, messenger, compare_job, COMPARE_KEY)
BINARY_INSERT_PROC_COMPARE(messenger, GLOB.pda_messengers_by_name, /datum/computer_file/program/messenger, messenger, compare_name, COMPARE_KEY)
/// Unregisters an NTMessenger instance from the pda_messengers table.
/proc/remove_messenger(datum/computer_file/program/messenger/messenger)
@@ -26,15 +33,10 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY_TYPED(pda_messengers, /datum/computer_file/program/messenger)
if(!(messenger_ref in GLOB.pda_messengers))
return
GLOB.pda_messengers.Remove(messenger_ref)
GLOB.pda_messengers -= messenger_ref
GLOB.pda_messengers_by_job -= messenger
GLOB.pda_messengers_by_name -= messenger
/// Gets all messengers, sorted by their name
/proc/get_messengers_sorted_by_name()
return sortTim(GLOB.pda_messengers.Copy(), GLOBAL_PROC_REF(cmp_pdaname_asc), associative = TRUE)
/// Gets all messengers, sorted by their job
/proc/get_messengers_sorted_by_job()
return sortTim(GLOB.pda_messengers.Copy(), GLOBAL_PROC_REF(cmp_pdajob_asc), associative = TRUE)
/// Get the display name of a messenger instance
/proc/get_messenger_name(datum/computer_file/program/messenger/messenger)
@@ -88,10 +88,9 @@
/datum/computer_file/program/messenger/proc/get_messengers()
var/list/dictionary = list()
var/list/messengers_sorted = sort_by_job ? get_messengers_sorted_by_job() : get_messengers_sorted_by_name()
var/list/messengers_sorted = sort_by_job ? GLOB.pda_messengers_by_job : GLOB.pda_messengers_by_name
for(var/messenger_ref in messengers_sorted)
var/datum/computer_file/program/messenger/messenger = messengers_sorted[messenger_ref]
for(var/datum/computer_file/program/messenger/messenger as anything in messengers_sorted)
if(!istype(messenger) || !istype(messenger.computer))
continue
if(messenger == src || messenger.invisible)
@@ -759,6 +758,12 @@
var/obj/item/modular_computer/pda/comp = computer
comp.explode(usr, from_message_menu = TRUE)
/datum/computer_file/program/messenger/proc/compare_name(datum/computer_file/program/messenger/rhs)
return sorttext(rhs.computer?.saved_identification, computer?.saved_identification)
/datum/computer_file/program/messenger/proc/compare_job(datum/computer_file/program/messenger/rhs)
return sorttext(rhs.computer?.saved_job, computer?.saved_job)
#undef PDA_MESSAGE_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT
#undef MAX_PDA_MESSAGE_LEN
#undef TEMP_IMAGE_PATH
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@
data["ntnetlogs"] += list(list("entry" = i))
data["tablets"] = list()
for(var/messenger_ref in get_messengers_sorted_by_name())
var/datum/computer_file/program/messenger/app = GLOB.pda_messengers[messenger_ref]
for(var/datum/computer_file/program/messenger/app as anything in GLOB.pda_messengers_by_name)
var/obj/item/modular_computer/pda = app.computer
var/list/tablet_data = list()