From 4a576b348f255e718731521a11104f54b0f3efb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nlordduck <223183259+n1lordduck@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 20:58:54 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] perf(wirelib): optimize OutputIterator using a queue
 structure)

---
 lua/wire/server/wirelib.lua | 16 +++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lua/wire/server/wirelib.lua b/lua/wire/server/wirelib.lua
index b3c09aa3f3..7c9c85b3f6 100644
--- a/lua/wire/server/wirelib.lua
+++ b/lua/wire/server/wirelib.lua
@@ -898,16 +898,22 @@ do -- class OutputIterator
 	OutputIterator.__index = OutputIterator
 
 	function OutputIterator:Add(ent, iname, value)
-		table.insert(self, { Entity = ent, IName = iname, Value = value })
+		local last = self.last + 1
+
+		self.last = last
+		self[last] = { Entity = ent, IName = iname, Value = value }
 	end
 
 	function OutputIterator:Process()
 		if self.Processing then return end -- should not occur
 		self.Processing = true
 
-		while #self > 0 do
-			local nextelement = self[1]
-			table.remove(self, 1)
+		while self.first <= self.last do
+			local first = self.first
+			local nextelement = self[first]
+
+			self[first] = nil
+			self.first = first + 1
 
 			WireLib.TriggerInput(nextelement.Entity, nextelement.IName, nextelement.Value, self)
 		end
@@ -916,7 +922,7 @@ do -- class OutputIterator
 	end
 
 	function WireLib.CreateOutputIterator()
-		return setmetatable({}, OutputIterator)
+		return setmetatable({ first = 1, last = 0 }, OutputIterator)
 	end
 end -- class OutputIterator
 

From 7b9f043051c17fecdedb930dcf1b0b5ac1996de9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Astralcircle <142503363+Astralcircle@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:45:06 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Reset values after ending processing

---
 lua/wire/server/wirelib.lua | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lua/wire/server/wirelib.lua b/lua/wire/server/wirelib.lua
index 7c9c85b3f6..e2cc184bf5 100644
--- a/lua/wire/server/wirelib.lua
+++ b/lua/wire/server/wirelib.lua
@@ -918,6 +918,9 @@ do -- class OutputIterator
 			WireLib.TriggerInput(nextelement.Entity, nextelement.IName, nextelement.Value, self)
 		end
 
+		self.first = 0
+		self.last = 0
+
 		self.Processing = nil
 	end
 

From 48861acef7f93c5395c88eecf2c190bf027871ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Astralcircle <142503363+Astralcircle@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:04:19 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Reset to 1 instead of 0

---
 lua/wire/server/wirelib.lua | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lua/wire/server/wirelib.lua b/lua/wire/server/wirelib.lua
index e2cc184bf5..8d4a268622 100644
--- a/lua/wire/server/wirelib.lua
+++ b/lua/wire/server/wirelib.lua
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ do -- class OutputIterator
 			WireLib.TriggerInput(nextelement.Entity, nextelement.IName, nextelement.Value, self)
 		end
 
-		self.first = 0
+		self.first = 1
 		self.last = 0
 
 		self.Processing = nil