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From:
Leopold Toetsch
Date:
October 4, 2005 02:10
Subject:
Re: Tcl - compiling
Message ID:
1db12aa46cb35f7ca35cdafe45374ef6@toetsch.at
On Oct 4, 2005, at 3:52, Will Coleda wrote:
> On Oct 3, 2005, at 6:34 PM, Leopold Toetsch wrote:
>
>> I don't see the point. Your compiler can emit, e.g.:
>>
>> "while"(test, body)
>>
> That's actually how things work right now (very similar to the
> interpreter from previous versions).
Not quite:
$ find lib -name '*.pir' | xargs grep 'sub.*while'
lib/commands/while.pir:.sub "&while"
You obviously have to mangle the subname first, before you can call it.
> Is the argument that inlining will not (even theoretically) provide a
> speed boost?
No, not at all, that's fine. I just wanted to mention that there are
still a lot of code pieces left over from the interpreter.
> Regards.
leo
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