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On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 08:28:00AM +0900, Yuki Kimoto wrote:
> I want to know the following optimization more.
>
> > separate out op
> > chains into Basic Blocks for better optimisation
It's not a specific proposal. Its just a first step in common compiler
optimisation techniques (for all languages, not just perl) where a chain
of opcodes is identified as a "basic block" - a continuous chain of
execution that can't be entered into or exited from apart from at the
start and end. So for example the A;B;C and X;Y; are basic blocks in this:
if (COND) { A;B;C; } else { X;Y; }
while the whole if statement isn't a basic block.
Many optimisations can be performed only or better on basic blocks.
I have no plans to introduce basic block detection into the perl
internals, nor to do anything with them. I mentioned them just as an
example of how hooks can potentially get in the way of people wanting to
do new stuff.
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