clean up some string handling cases

Author: davidhewitt

src/input/input_python.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::str::from_utf8;
 
 use pyo3::intern;
@@ -144,12 +143,8 @@ impl<'py> Input<'py> for Bound<'py, PyAny> {
                         Err(_) => Err(ValError::new(ErrorTypeDefaults::StringUnicode, self)),
                     }
                 } else if let Ok(py_byte_array) = self.downcast::<PyByteArray>() {
-                    // Safety: the gil is held while from_utf8 is running so py_byte_array is not mutated,
-                    // and we immediately copy the bytes into a new Python string
-                    match from_utf8(unsafe { py_byte_array.as_bytes() }) {
-                        // Why Python not Rust? to avoid an unnecessary allocation on the Rust side, the
-                        // final output needs to be Python anyway.
-                        Ok(s) => Ok(PyString::new_bound(self.py(), s).into()),
+                    match bytearray_to_str(py_byte_array) {
+                        Ok(py_str) => Ok(py_str.into()),
                         Err(_) => Err(ValError::new(ErrorTypeDefaults::StringUnicode, self)),
                     }
                 } else if coerce_numbers_to_str && !self.is_exact_instance_of::<PyBool>() && {
@@ -204,8 +199,8 @@ impl<'py> Input<'py> for Bound<'py, PyAny> {
         }
 
         if !strict {
-            if let Some(cow_str) = maybe_as_string(self, ErrorTypeDefaults::BoolParsing)? {
-                return str_as_bool(self, &cow_str).map(ValidationMatch::lax);
+            if let Some(s) = maybe_as_string(self, ErrorTypeDefaults::BoolParsing)? {
+                return str_as_bool(self, s).map(ValidationMatch::lax);
             } else if let Some(int) = extract_i64(self) {
                 return int_as_bool(self, int).map(ValidationMatch::lax);
             } else if let Ok(float) = self.extract::<f64>() {
@@ -241,8 +236,8 @@ impl<'py> Input<'py> for Bound<'py, PyAny> {
 
         'lax: {
             if !strict {
-                return if let Some(cow_str) = maybe_as_string(self, ErrorTypeDefaults::IntParsing)? {
-                    str_as_int(self, &cow_str)
+                return if let Some(s) = maybe_as_string(self, ErrorTypeDefaults::IntParsing)? {
+                    str_as_int(self, s)
                 } else if self.is_exact_instance_of::<PyFloat>() {
                     float_as_int(self, self.extract::<f64>()?)
                 } else if let Ok(decimal) = self.strict_decimal(self.py()) {
@@ -283,9 +278,9 @@ impl<'py> Input<'py> for Bound<'py, PyAny> {
         }
 
         if !strict {
-            if let Some(cow_str) = maybe_as_string(self, ErrorTypeDefaults::FloatParsing)? {
+            if let Some(s) = maybe_as_string(self, ErrorTypeDefaults::FloatParsing)? {
                 // checking for bytes and string is fast, so do this before isinstance(float)
-                return str_as_float(self, &cow_str).map(ValidationMatch::lax);
+                return str_as_float(self, s).map(ValidationMatch::lax);
             }
         }
 
@@ -630,20 +625,31 @@ fn from_attributes_applicable(obj: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> bool {
 }
 
 /// Utility for extracting a string from a PyAny, if possible.
-fn maybe_as_string<'a>(v: &'a Bound<'_, PyAny>, unicode_error: ErrorType) -> ValResult<Option<Cow<'a, str>>> {
+fn maybe_as_string<'a>(v: &'a Bound<'_, PyAny>, unicode_error: ErrorType) -> ValResult<Option<&'a str>> {
     if let Ok(py_string) = v.downcast::<PyString>() {
-        let str = py_string_str(py_string)?;
-        Ok(Some(Cow::Borrowed(str)))
+        py_string_str(py_string).map(Some)
     } else if let Ok(bytes) = v.downcast::<PyBytes>() {
         match from_utf8(bytes.as_bytes()) {
-            Ok(s) => Ok(Some(Cow::Owned(s.to_string()))),
+            Ok(s) => Ok(Some(s)),
             Err(_) => Err(ValError::new(unicode_error, v)),
         }
     } else {
         Ok(None)
     }
 }
 
+/// Decode a Python bytearray to a Python string.
+///
+/// Using Python's built-in machinery for this should be efficient and avoids questions around
+/// safety of concurrent mutation of the bytearray (by leaving that to the Python interpreter).
+fn bytearray_to_str<'py>(bytearray: &Bound<'py, PyByteArray>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyString>> {
+    let py = bytearray.py();
+    let py_string = bytearray
+        .call_method1(intern!(py, "decode"), (intern!(py, "utf-8"),))?
+        .downcast_into()?;
+    Ok(py_string)
+}
+
 /// Utility for extracting an enum value, if possible.
 fn maybe_as_enum<'py>(v: &Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> Option<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
     let py = v.py();

src/serializers/config.rs

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ macro_rules! serialization_mode {
                     return Ok(Self::default());
                 };
                 let raw_mode = config_dict.get_as::<Bound<'_, PyString>>(intern!(config_dict.py(), $config_key))?;
-                raw_mode.map_or_else(|| Ok(Self::default()), |raw| Self::from_str(&raw.to_cow()?))
+                raw_mode.map_or_else(|| Ok(Self::default()), |raw| Self::from_str(raw.to_str()?))
             }
         }
 

src/serializers/fields.rs

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ impl GeneralFieldsSerializer {
         for result in main_iter {
             let (key, value) = result?;
             let key_str = key_str(&key)?;
-            let op_field = self.fields.get(key_str.as_ref());
+            let op_field = self.fields.get(key_str);
             if extra.exclude_none && value.is_none() {
                 if let Some(field) = op_field {
                     if field.required {
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ impl GeneralFieldsSerializer {
                 continue;
             }
             let field_extra = Extra {
-                field_name: Some(&key_str),
+                field_name: Some(key_str),
                 ..extra
             };
             if let Some((next_include, next_exclude)) = self.filter.key_filter(&key, include, exclude)? {
@@ -236,13 +236,13 @@ impl GeneralFieldsSerializer {
             }
             let key_str = key_str(&key).map_err(py_err_se_err)?;
             let field_extra = Extra {
-                field_name: Some(&key_str),
+                field_name: Some(key_str),
                 ..extra
             };
 
             let filter = self.filter.key_filter(&key, include, exclude).map_err(py_err_se_err)?;
             if let Some((next_include, next_exclude)) = filter {
-                if let Some(field) = self.fields.get(key_str.as_ref()) {
+                if let Some(field) = self.fields.get(key_str) {
                     if let Some(ref serializer) = field.serializer {
                         if !exclude_default(&value, &field_extra, serializer).map_err(py_err_se_err)? {
                             let s = PydanticSerializer::new(
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ impl GeneralFieldsSerializer {
                                 next_exclude.as_ref(),
                                 &field_extra,
                             );
-                            let output_key = field.get_key_json(&key_str, &field_extra);
+                            let output_key = field.get_key_json(key_str, &field_extra);
                             map.serialize_entry(&output_key, &s)?;
                         }
                     }
@@ -446,8 +446,8 @@ impl TypeSerializer for GeneralFieldsSerializer {
     }
 }
 
-fn key_str<'a>(key: &'a Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Cow<'a, str>> {
-    key.downcast::<PyString>()?.to_cow()
+fn key_str<'a>(key: &'a Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<&'a str> {
+    key.downcast::<PyString>()?.to_str()
 }
 
 fn dict_items<'py>(