Revamp of 'lua_pushfstring' / 'luaO_pushvfstring'

The function 'luaO_pushvfstring' now uses an internal buffer to
concatenate small strings, instead of pushing all pieces on the
stack. This avoids the creation of several small Lua strings for each
piece of the result. (For instance, a format like "n: '%d'" used to
create three intermediate strings: "n: '", the numeral, and "'".
Now it creates none.)

testes/strings.lua

@@ -400,5 +400,66 @@ do
   assert(co() == "2")
 end
 
+
+if T==nil then
+  (Message or print)
+     ("\n >>> testC not active: skipping 'pushfstring' tests <<<\n")
+else
+
+  print"testing 'pushfstring'"
+
+  -- formats %U, %f, %I already tested elsewhere
+
+  local blen = 400    -- internal buffer length in 'luaO_pushfstring'
+
+  local function callpfs (op, fmt, n)
+    local x = {T.testC("pushfstring" .. op .. "; return *", fmt, n)}
+    -- stack has code, 'fmt', 'n', and result from operation
+    assert(#x == 4)  -- make sure nothing else was left in the stack
+    return x[4]
+  end
+
+  local function testpfs (op, fmt, n)
+    assert(callpfs(op, fmt, n) == string.format(fmt, n))
+  end
+
+  testpfs("I", "", 0)
+  testpfs("I", string.rep("a", blen - 1), 0)
+  testpfs("I", string.rep("a", blen), 0)
+  testpfs("I", string.rep("a", blen + 1), 0)
+
+  local str = string.rep("ab", blen) .. "%d" .. string.rep("d", blen / 2)
+  testpfs("I", str, 2^14)
+  testpfs("I", str, -2^15)
+
+  str = "%d" .. string.rep("cd", blen)
+  testpfs("I", str, 2^14)
+  testpfs("I", str, -2^15)
+
+  str = string.rep("c", blen - 2) .. "%d"
+  testpfs("I", str, 2^14)
+  testpfs("I", str, -2^15)
+
+  for l = 12, 14 do
+    local str1 = string.rep("a", l)
+    for i = 0, 500, 13 do
+      for j = 0, 500, 13 do
+        str = string.rep("a", i) .. "%s" .. string.rep("d", j)
+        testpfs("S", str, str1)
+        testpfs("S", str, str)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  str = "abc %c def"
+  testpfs("I", str, string.byte("A"))
+  -- non-printable character
+  assert(callpfs("I", str, 255) == "abc <\\255> def")
+
+  str = string.rep("a", blen - 1) .. "%p" .. string.rep("cd", blen)
+  testpfs("P", str, {})
+end
+
+
 print('OK')