[Vm-dev] Translation weirdness

[tim Rowledge]

On 14-03-2013, at 12:56 PM, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> And note that the slow form just got faster for internal primitives.  The Cog slang now generates
> 
> #if !defined(SQUEAK_BUILTIN_PLUGIN)
> ...
> static sqInt (*isIntegerObject)(sqInt objectPointer);
> ...
> #else /* !defined(SQUEAK_BUILTIN_PLUGIN) */
> ...
> extern sqInt isIntegerObject(sqInt objectPointer)


This I like. I should try some similar tricks on RISC OS, where I can - with some fiddling - directly link external plugins to the vm at load time, saving the indirection cost even there.


tim
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