[squeak-dev] The Inbox: Collections-ct.995.mcz

Thiede, Christoph Christoph.Thiede at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de
Fri Mar 25 15:32:14 UTC 2022


Hi Levente,


thanks for the feedback! The atomicity is a good point, I will document this in a comment.


> On my machine it takes 40-60ms for the original method to finish. Is that too slow?


In the majority of situations, probably not. :-)

My use case was a bit special: I am running large code sections in the simulator, which includes sends to Symbol class cleanUp: or Symbol class shutDown:. Inside the simulator, #condenseNewSymbols is significantly more expensive. In this context, I can run "Symbol condenseNewSymbols" right before starting the simulator, but this only speeds up the simulation if any follow-up send to #cleanUp: or #shutDown: will not condense/compress the tables again.


I have just uploaded Collections-ct.996 to the inbox, what do you think about it? :-)


Best,

Christoph

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Von: Squeak-dev <squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org> im Auftrag von Levente Uzonyi <leves at caesar.elte.hu>
Gesendet: Sonntag, 13. März 2022 22:41:48
An: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
Betreff: Re: [squeak-dev] The Inbox: Collections-ct.995.mcz

Hi Christoph,

#condenseNewSymbols expects that the first two assignments happen
atomically. Using #ifEmpty: and creating a block will introduce suspension
points, hence atomicity will not be ensured.

Despite its name, the method also compacts SymbolTable as it is stated
in the method comment. That would not be true with your change.

On my machine it takes 40-60ms for the original method to finish. Is that
too slow? If yes, it can be sped up but a different method needs to
be changed.


Levente

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022, commits at source.squeak.org wrote:

> A new version of Collections was added to project The Inbox:
> http://source.squeak.org/inbox/Collections-ct.995.mcz
>
> ==================== Summary ====================
>
> Name: Collections-ct.995
> Author: ct
> Time: 12 March 2022, 2:46:24.947632 am
> UUID: 9c697903-e2ac-2244-85cb-5234b3a3c9ca
> Ancestors: Collections-mt.994
>
> Accelerates Symbol condenseNewSymbols if there are no new symbols.
>
> =============== Diff against Collections-mt.994 ===============
>
> Item was changed:
>  ----- Method: Symbol class>>condenseNewSymbols (in category 'private') -----
>  condenseNewSymbols
>        "Move all symbols from NewSymbols to SymbolTable, and compact SymbolTable."
>
>        | originalNewSymbols originalSymbolTable newNewSymbols newSymbolTable |
> +      originalNewSymbols := NewSymbols ifEmpty: [^ self].
> -      originalNewSymbols := NewSymbols.
>        originalSymbolTable := SymbolTable.
>        newNewSymbols := WeakSet new.
>        newSymbolTable := originalSymbolTable copy
>                addAll: originalNewSymbols;
>                compact;
>                yourself.
>        originalNewSymbols == NewSymbols ifFalse: [
>                "Some other process has modified the symbols. Try again."
>                ^self condenseNewSymbols ].
>        NewSymbols := newNewSymbols.
>        SymbolTable := newSymbolTable!

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