Intcode Reset optimization

Initially I noticed that I was copying twice unnecessarily (once in init() after nulling out memory, and again after returning from init()). After cleaning that up, I realized that we don't need to create a new buffer at all if the program never malloc-ed, so sometimes we can skip the re-init and we can always avoid the double-copy. I don't know if this is actually measurable anywhere, but I spot-checked some results and I still seem to be getting the same answers, so I'm gonna roll with it.

days/14.go

@@ -104,26 +104,10 @@ func (d *Day14) Part1() string {
 func (d *Day14) Part2() string {
 	oreAvailable := int64(1000000000000)
 	estimate := oreAvailable / d.getOreRequiredForFuel(1)
-
-	high := estimate * 2
-	low := estimate
-
-	lastSuccess := low
-	lastFailure := high
-	fuelProduced := low
-
-	for math.Abs(float64(lastFailure-lastSuccess)) > 1 {
-		oreConsumed := d.getOreRequiredForFuel(fuelProduced)
-		adjustment := (lastFailure - lastSuccess) / 2
-		if oreConsumed < oreAvailable {
-			lastSuccess = fuelProduced
-		} else {
-			lastFailure = fuelProduced
-			adjustment = -adjustment
-		}
-
-		fuelProduced += adjustment
-	}
+	lastSuccess := u.Bisect(estimate, estimate*2, 1, func(val int64) bool {
+		oreConsumed := d.getOreRequiredForFuel(val)
+		return oreConsumed < oreAvailable
+	})
 
 	return fmt.Sprintf("Maximum fuel we can make from 1 trillion ore: %s%d%s", u.TextBold, lastSuccess, u.TextReset)
 }

utilities/bisect.go

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package utilities
+
+import "math"
+
+// Bisect takes a known-good low and known-bad high value as the bounds
+// to bisect, and a function to test each value for success or failure.
+// If the function succeeds, the value is adjusted toward the maximum,
+// and if the function fails, the value is adjusted toward the minimum.
+// The final value is returned when the difference between the success
+// and the failure is less than or equal to the acceptance threshold
+// (usually 1, for integers).
+func Bisect[T Number](low, high, threshold T, tryFunc func(val T) bool) T {
+	lastSuccess := low
+	lastFailure := high
+	currVal := low
+
+	for T(math.Abs(float64(lastFailure-lastSuccess))) > threshold {
+		success := tryFunc(currVal)
+		adjustment := (lastFailure - lastSuccess) / 2
+		if success {
+			lastSuccess = currVal
+		} else {
+			lastFailure = currVal
+			adjustment = -adjustment
+		}
+
+		currVal += adjustment
+	}
+
+	return currVal
+}

utilities/intcode.go

@@ -128,9 +128,15 @@ func (p *IntcodeProgram) ensureMemoryCapacity(address int) {
 }
 
 func (p *IntcodeProgram) Reset() {
-	p.memory = nil
+	wiped := false
+	if len(p.memory) != len(p.program) {
+		wiped = true
+		p.memory = nil
+	}
 	p.init()
-	copy(p.memory, p.program)
+	if !wiped {
+		copy(p.memory, p.program)
+	}
 	p.relativeBase = 0
 }