Sorry, you're right, I was jumping the gun.  Thanks for the correction,
Andreas.

Cheers,
Anthony

Andreas Raab <Andreas.Raab at gmx.de> wrote:
> Anthony,
> 
> > The methodCache entry size need to be a power of 2 and is currently 8,
> > but only uses 5 slots.  What if we take primitiveIndex out so
> > our entry size can be 4 with all slots used.  It will be almost as
> > quick to fetch the primitiveIndex from the method once the
> > primitive bits are put together in the header.
> 
> Whoa! Slowly here. Don't claim anything that you can't prove (e.g.,
> measure). Many of the primitives are quick (such as return instVar x) and
> taking them out of the cache can slow down your system much more than you'd
> think.
> 
> Cheers,
>   - Andreas