args,meta: harmonize supported types, with fast paths

pkg/policy/literal/literal.go

@@ -58,6 +58,47 @@ func List[T any](l []T) (ipld.Node, error) {
 // Any creates an IPLD node from any value
 // If possible, use another dedicated function for your type for performance.
 func Any(v any) (res ipld.Node, err error) {
+	// TODO: handle uint overflow below
+
+	// some fast path
+	switch val := v.(type) {
+	case bool:
+		return basicnode.NewBool(val), nil
+	case string:
+		return basicnode.NewString(val), nil
+	case int:
+		return basicnode.NewInt(int64(val)), nil
+	case int8:
+		return basicnode.NewInt(int64(val)), nil
+	case int16:
+		return basicnode.NewInt(int64(val)), nil
+	case int32:
+		return basicnode.NewInt(int64(val)), nil
+	case int64:
+		return basicnode.NewInt(val), nil
+	case uint:
+		return basicnode.NewInt(int64(val)), nil
+	case uint8:
+		return basicnode.NewInt(int64(val)), nil
+	case uint16:
+		return basicnode.NewInt(int64(val)), nil
+	case uint32:
+		return basicnode.NewInt(int64(val)), nil
+	case uint64:
+		return basicnode.NewInt(int64(val)), nil
+	case float32:
+		return basicnode.NewFloat(float64(val)), nil
+	case float64:
+		return basicnode.NewFloat(val), nil
+	case []byte:
+		return basicnode.NewBytes(val), nil
+	case datamodel.Node:
+		return val, nil
+	case cid.Cid:
+		return LinkCid(val), nil
+	default:
+	}
+
 	builder := basicnode.Prototype__Any{}.NewBuilder()
 
 	defer func() {

pkg/policy/literal/literal_test.go

@@ -218,6 +218,42 @@ func TestAny(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Error(t, err)
 }
 
+func BenchmarkAny(b *testing.B) {
+	b.Run("bool", func(b *testing.B) {
+		b.ReportAllocs()
+
+		for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+			_, _ = Any(true)
+		}
+	})
+
+	b.Run("string", func(b *testing.B) {
+		b.ReportAllocs()
+		for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+			_, _ = Any("foobar")
+		}
+	})
+
+	b.Run("bytes", func(b *testing.B) {
+		b.ReportAllocs()
+		for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+			_, _ = Any([]byte{1, 2, 3, 4})
+		}
+	})
+
+	b.Run("map", func(b *testing.B) {
+		b.ReportAllocs()
+		for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+			_, _ = Any(map[string]any{
+				"foo": "bar",
+				"foofoo": map[string]string{
+					"barbar": "foo",
+				},
+			})
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 func must[T any](t T, err error) T {
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)