From 7a5cade51029b72a3e5c3a2ee2f1d35ef7257f5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karl Seguin <k@openmymind.io>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:30:02 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] remove 16 bytes from Element

---
 src/browser/Page.zig                        | 12 +++++++---
 src/browser/webapi/Element.zig              | 26 +++++++++++----------
 src/browser/webapi/element/DOMStringMap.zig |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/browser/Page.zig b/src/browser/Page.zig
index fa1c9fdd..47d5f123 100644
--- a/src/browser/Page.zig
+++ b/src/browser/Page.zig
@@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ _attribute_lookup: std.AutoHashMapUnmanaged(usize, *Element.Attribute),
 // the return of elements.attributes.
 _attribute_named_node_map_lookup: std.AutoHashMapUnmanaged(usize, *Element.Attribute.NamedNodeMap),
 
-// element.dataset -> DOMStringMap
-_element_datasets: std.AutoHashMapUnmanaged(*Element, *Element.DOMStringMap),
+// Lazily-created style, classList, and dataset objects. Only stored for elements
+// that actually access these features via JavaScript, saving 24 bytes per element.
+_element_styles: Element.StyleLookup = .{},
+_element_datasets: Element.DatasetLookup = .{},
+_element_class_lists: Element.ClassListLookup = .{},
 
 _script_manager: ScriptManager,
 
@@ -155,7 +158,6 @@ fn reset(self: *Page, comptime initializing: bool) !void {
     self._load_state = .parsing;
     self._attribute_lookup = .empty;
     self._attribute_named_node_map_lookup = .empty;
-    self._element_datasets = .empty;
     self._event_manager = EventManager.init(self);
 
     self._script_manager = ScriptManager.init(self);
@@ -164,6 +166,10 @@ fn reset(self: *Page, comptime initializing: bool) !void {
     self.js = try self._session.executor.createContext(self, true, JS.GlobalMissingCallback.init(&self._polyfill_loader));
     errdefer self.js.deinit();
 
+    self._element_styles = .{};
+    self._element_datasets = .{};
+    self._element_class_lists = .{};
+
     try polyfill.preload(self.arena, self.js);
     try self.registerBackgroundTasks();
 }
diff --git a/src/browser/webapi/Element.zig b/src/browser/webapi/Element.zig
index 7849e3e3..c29ad4c7 100644
--- a/src/browser/webapi/Element.zig
+++ b/src/browser/webapi/Element.zig
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ pub const Html = @import("element/Html.zig");
 
 const Element = @This();
 
+pub const DatasetLookup = std.AutoHashMapUnmanaged(*Element, *DOMStringMap);
+pub const StyleLookup = std.AutoHashMapUnmanaged(*Element, *CSSStyleProperties);
+pub const ClassListLookup = std.AutoHashMapUnmanaged(*Element, *collections.DOMTokenList);
+
 pub const Namespace = enum(u8) {
     html,
     svg,
@@ -41,8 +45,6 @@ _type: Type,
 _proto: *Node,
 _namespace: Namespace = .html,
 _attributes: ?*Attribute.List = null,
-_style: ?*CSSStyleProperties = null,
-_class_list: ?*collections.DOMTokenList = null,
 
 pub const Type = union(enum) {
     html: *Html,
@@ -333,22 +335,22 @@ pub fn getAttributeNamedNodeMap(self: *Element, page: *Page) !*Attribute.NamedNo
 }
 
 pub fn getStyle(self: *Element, page: *Page) !*CSSStyleProperties {
-    return self._style orelse blk: {
-        const s = try CSSStyleProperties.init(self, page);
-        self._style = s;
-        break :blk s;
-    };
+    const gop = try page._element_styles.getOrPut(page.arena, self);
+    if (!gop.found_existing) {
+        gop.value_ptr.* = try CSSStyleProperties.init(self, page);
+    }
+    return gop.value_ptr.*;
 }
 
 pub fn getClassList(self: *Element, page: *Page) !*collections.DOMTokenList {
-    return self._class_list orelse blk: {
-        const cl = try page._factory.create(collections.DOMTokenList{
+    const gop = try page._element_class_lists.getOrPut(page.arena, self);
+    if (!gop.found_existing) {
+        gop.value_ptr.* = try page._factory.create(collections.DOMTokenList{
             ._element = self,
             ._attribute_name = "class",
         });
-        self._class_list = cl;
-        break :blk cl;
-    };
+    }
+    return gop.value_ptr.*;
 }
 
 pub fn getDataset(self: *Element, page: *Page) !*DOMStringMap {
diff --git a/src/browser/webapi/element/DOMStringMap.zig b/src/browser/webapi/element/DOMStringMap.zig
index b2aa8bab..4fd02955 100644
--- a/src/browser/webapi/element/DOMStringMap.zig
+++ b/src/browser/webapi/element/DOMStringMap.zig
@@ -83,5 +83,5 @@ pub const JsApi = struct {
         pub var class_id: bridge.ClassId = undefined;
     };
 
-    pub const @"[]" = bridge.namedIndexed(_getProperty, _setProperty, _deleteProperty, .{.null_as_undefined = true});
+    pub const @"[]" = bridge.namedIndexed(_getProperty, _setProperty, _deleteProperty, .{ .null_as_undefined = true });
 };