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pp_prototype generates prototypes for core functions based on information in PL_opargs. But for 16 ops, it has exceptions, as PL_opargs is not sufficent.
I see how I could modify the prototype-generation code to work for 5 of the exceptional cases, reducing the amount of code. I’ve been told recently that less code = faster (because RAM is the new avian carrier). But will it really be faster in this case? The prototype-generation code is preceded by this loop that searches for the op number:
while (i < MAXO) { /* The slow way. */
if (strEQ(s + 6, PL_op_name[i])
|| strEQ(s + 6, PL_op_desc[i]))
{
goto found;
}
i++;
}
So my thought is, why reduce the amount of code, only to slow things down?
Is this type of code reduction worth it?
(Also, the modification I have in mind would require the use of a static function in op.c, so I could put the prototype generation code in a function in that file. Then my &CORE::keyword code can share that. Currently, in my working copy the pp_prototype code is duplicated.)
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