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Async fn doubles argument size #62958

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Generator optimization in #60187 by @tmandry reused generator locals, but arguments are still duplicated whenever used across yield points.

For example (playground):

#![feature(async_await)]

async fn wait() {}

async fn test(arg: [u8; 8192]) {
    wait().await;
    drop(arg);
}

fn main() {
    println!("{}", std::mem::size_of_val(&test([0; 8192])));
}

Expected: 8200
Actual: 16392

When passing in futures, the future size can grow exponentially (playground):

#![feature(async_await)]

async fn test(_arg: [u8; 8192]) {}

async fn use_future(fut: impl std::future::Future<Output = ()>) {
    fut.await
}

fn main() {
    println!(
        "{}",
        std::mem::size_of_val(&use_future(use_future(use_future(use_future(use_future(
            use_future(use_future(use_future(use_future(use_future(test(
                [0; 8192]
            ))))))
        ))))))
    );
}

Expected: 8236
Actual: 8396796

I didn't find any note on this. But given how common arguments are used, I think it might be useful if they are included in the optimization.

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