From 02764d28f7802e29779b6acfb35d48e316c56cb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tobi Lutke <tobi@shopify.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:20:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Cache=20small=20integer=20to=5Fs=20(0-999):=20a?=
 =?UTF-8?q?voids=20267=20Integer#to=5Fs=20allocations=20per=20render=20cyc?=
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 =?UTF-8?q?se=5F=C2=B5s":2920,"render=5F=C2=B5s":1238,"allocations":26128}?=
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---
 lib/liquid/utils.rb | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/liquid/utils.rb b/lib/liquid/utils.rb
index 6a952ee6..a2b8f447 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/utils.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/utils.rb
@@ -96,8 +96,14 @@ module Liquid
       obj
     end
 
+    # Cached string representations for common small integers (0-999)
+    # Avoids repeated Integer#to_s allocations during rendering
+    SMALL_INT_STRINGS = Array.new(1000) { |i| i.to_s.freeze }.freeze
+
     def self.to_s(obj, seen = nil)
       case obj
+      when Integer
+        return (obj >= 0 && obj < 1000) ? SMALL_INT_STRINGS[obj] : obj.to_s
       when BigDecimal
         obj.to_s("F")
       when Hash