# Objective
Based on the discussion in #14864, I wanted to experiment with the core
`GenericTypeCell` type, whose `get_or_insert` method accounted for 2% of
the final binary size of the `3d_scene` example. The reason for this
large percentage is likely because the type is fundamental to the rest
of Bevy while having 3 generic parameters (the type stored `T`, the type
to retrieve `G`, and the function used to insert a new value `F`).
- Acts on #14864
## Solution
- Split `get_or_insert` into smaller functions with minimised
parameterisation. These new functions are private as to preserve the
public facing API, but could be exposed if desired.
## Testing
- Ran CI locally.
- Used `cargo bloat --release --example 3d_scene -n 100000
--message-format json > out.json` and @cart's [bloat
analyzer](https://gist.github.com/cart/722756ba3da0e983d207633e0a48a8ab)
to measure a 428KiB reduction in binary size when compiling on Windows
10.
- ~I have _not_ benchmarked to determine if this improves/hurts
performance.~ See
[below](https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pull/14865#issuecomment-2306083606).
## Notes
In my opinion this seems like a good test-case for the concept of
debloating generics within the Bevy codebase. I believe the performance
impact here is negligible in either direction (at runtime and compile
time), but the binary reduction is measurable and quite significant for
a relatively minor change in code.
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Co-authored-by: Gino Valente <49806985+MrGVSV@users.noreply.github.com>
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