fix: optimize using constexpr and templates

src/logdata/include/compressedlinestorage.h

@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ class CompressedLinePositionStorage {
     // Cache the last position read
     // This is to speed up consecutive reads (whole page)
     struct Cache {
-        LineNumber index {std::numeric_limits<LineNumber::UnderlyingType>::max() - 1U};
+        static constexpr auto i = std::numeric_limits<LineNumber::UnderlyingType>::max() - 1U;
+        LineNumber index {i};
         LineOffset position {0};
         BlockOffset offset {0};
     };

src/logdata/include/logfiltereddata.h

@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ class LogFilteredData : public AbstractLogData {
     // Nothing is done if no search is in progress.
     void interruptSearch();
     // Clear the search and the list of results.
-    void clearSearch( bool dropCache = false );
+    template <bool dropCache = false>
+    void clearSearch();
 
     // Returns the line number in the original LogData where the element
     // 'index' was found.

src/logdata/src/logfiltereddata.cpp

@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ void LogFilteredData::interruptSearch()
     workerThread_.interrupt();
 }
 
-void LogFilteredData::clearSearch( bool dropCache )
+template <bool dropCache>
+void LogFilteredData::clearSearch()
 {
     interruptSearch();
 
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ void LogFilteredData::clearSearch( bool dropCache )
     maxLength_ = 0_length;
     nbLinesProcessed_ = 0_lcount;
 
-    if ( dropCache ) {
+    if constexpr ( dropCache ) {
         searchResultsCache_.clear();
     }
 }

src/ui/include/mainwindow.h

@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow {
     void logScreenInfo( QScreen* screen );
     void removeFromFavorites( const QString& pathToRemove );
     void removeFromRecent( const QString& pathToRemove );
-    void tryOpenClipboard( int tryTimes );
+    template<int tryTimes>
+    void tryOpenClipboard();
     void updateShortcuts();
 
     WindowSession session_;

src/ui/src/crawlerwidget.cpp

@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ void CrawlerWidget::reload()
 {
     searchState_.resetState();
     constexpr auto DropCache = true;
-    logFilteredData_->clearSearch( DropCache );
+    logFilteredData_->clearSearch< DropCache >();
     logFilteredData_->clearMarks();
     filteredView_->updateData();
     printSearchInfoMessage();
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ void CrawlerWidget::fileChangedHandler( MonitoredFileStatus status )
         if ( !searchInfoLine_->text().isEmpty() ) {
             // Invalidate the search
             constexpr auto DropCache = true;
-            logFilteredData_->clearSearch( DropCache );
+            logFilteredData_->clearSearch< DropCache >();
             filteredView_->updateData();
             searchState_.truncateFile();
             printSearchInfoMessage();
@@ -1033,7 +1033,8 @@ void CrawlerWidget::setup()
     searchLineEdit_->addItems( savedSearches_->recentSearches() );
     searchLineEdit_->setSizePolicy( QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Minimum );
     searchLineEdit_->setSizeAdjustPolicy( QComboBox::AdjustToMinimumContentsLengthWithIcon );
-    searchLineEdit_->lineEdit()->setMaxLength( std::numeric_limits<int>::max() / 1024 );
+    constexpr auto maxLength = std::numeric_limits<int>::max() / 1024;
+    searchLineEdit_->lineEdit()->setMaxLength( maxLength );
     searchLineEdit_->setContentsMargins( 2, 2, 2, 2 );
 
     QAction* clearSearchHistoryAction = new QAction( "Clear search history", this );

src/ui/src/displayfilepath.cpp

@@ -24,20 +24,25 @@
 constexpr const int MaxPathLength = 128;
 namespace {
 // inspired by http://chadkuehn.com/shrink-file-paths-with-an-ellipsis-in-c/
-QString shrinkPath( QString fullPath, int limit, QString delimiter = "…" )
+template <int limit>
+QString shrinkPath( const QString& fullPath )
 {
     if ( fullPath.isEmpty() ) {
         return fullPath;
     }
 
+    constexpr const auto delimiter = "…";
+    constexpr auto delimiterLen =
+        static_cast<qsizetype>( std::char_traits<char>::length( delimiter ) );
+
     const auto fileInfo = QFileInfo( fullPath );
     const auto fileName = fileInfo.fileName();
     const auto absoluteNativePath = QDir::toNativeSeparators( fileInfo.absolutePath() );
 
-    const auto idealMinLength = fileName.length() + delimiter.length();
+    const auto idealMinLength = fileName.length() + delimiterLen;
 
     // less than the minimum amt
-    if ( limit < ( ( 2 * delimiter.length() ) + 1 ) ) {
+    if constexpr ( limit < ( ( 2 * delimiterLen ) + 1 ) ) {
         return "";
     }
 
@@ -48,15 +53,16 @@ QString shrinkPath( QString fullPath, int limit, QString delimiter = "…" )
 
     // file name condensing
     if ( limit < idealMinLength ) {
-        return delimiter + fileName.mid( 0, ( limit - ( 2 * delimiter.length() ) ) ) + delimiter;
+        constexpr auto n = ( limit - ( 2 * delimiterLen ) );
+        return delimiter + fileName.mid( 0, n ) + delimiter;
     }
 
     // whole name only, no folder structure shown
     if ( limit == idealMinLength ) {
         return delimiter + fileName;
     }
 
-    return absoluteNativePath.mid( 0, ( limit - ( idealMinLength + 1 ) ) ) + delimiter
+    return absoluteNativePath.mid( 0, ( static_cast<qsizetype>( limit ) - ( idealMinLength + 1 ) ) ) + delimiter
            + QDir::separator() + fileName;
 }
 
@@ -65,7 +71,7 @@ QString shrinkPath( QString fullPath, int limit, QString delimiter = "…" )
 DisplayFilePath::DisplayFilePath( const QString& fullPath )
     : fullPath_( fullPath )
     , nativeFullPath_( QDir::toNativeSeparators( fullPath ) )
-    , displayName_( shrinkPath( fullPath, MaxPathLength ) )
+    , displayName_( shrinkPath<MaxPathLength>( fullPath ) )
 {
 }
 

src/ui/src/mainwindow.cpp

@@ -915,28 +915,31 @@ void MainWindow::openInEditor()
     openFileInDefaultApplication( session_.getFilename( currentCrawlerWidget() ) );
 }
 
-void MainWindow::tryOpenClipboard( int tryTimes )
+template <int tryTimes>
+void MainWindow::tryOpenClipboard()
 {
     auto clipboard = QGuiApplication::clipboard();
     auto text = clipboard->text();
 
-    if ( text.isEmpty() && tryTimes > 0 ) {
-        QTimer::singleShot( 50, [ tryTimes, this ]() { tryOpenClipboard( tryTimes - 1 ); } );
-    }
-    else {
-        auto tempFile = new QTemporaryFile( tempDir_.filePath( "klogg_clipboard" ), this );
-        if ( tempFile->open() ) {
-            tempFile->write( text.toUtf8() );
-            tempFile->flush();
+    if constexpr ( tryTimes > 0 ) {
+        if ( text.isEmpty() ) {
+            QTimer::singleShot( 50, [ this ]() { tryOpenClipboard< tryTimes - 1 >(); } );
+        }
+        else {
+            auto tempFile = new QTemporaryFile( tempDir_.filePath( "klogg_clipboard" ), this );
+            if ( tempFile->open() ) {
+                tempFile->write( text.toUtf8() );
+                tempFile->flush();
 
-            loadFile( tempFile->fileName() );
+                loadFile( tempFile->fileName() );
+            }
         }
     }
 }
 
 void MainWindow::openClipboard()
 {
-    tryOpenClipboard( ClipboardMaxTry );
+    tryOpenClipboard< ClipboardMaxTry >();
 }
 
 void MainWindow::openUrl()