Adding a new imediate type
Bryce Kampjes
bryce at kampjes.demon.co.uk
Thu Jan 5 21:08:18 UTC 2006
Andreas Raab writes:
> Bryce Kampjes wrote:
> > If you're trying to speed up object creation for a small frequently
> > used object then writing a custom primitive to quickly create the
> > object will be much easier. Squeak's general new primitive is very
> > slow.
>
> Do you have any evidence towards that end? It would be simple to add
> specialized versions of primitiveNew to the mainstream VMs if it makes a
> real difference.
John McKintosh measured it, I haven't yet profiled the VM
seriously. I've noticed that opening a large Morphic explorer seems to
be spending 50% of it's time creating points, this is my
interpretation of a Squeak profile. I've also read through the Slang
code for new.
It's enough empirical evidence for me to act.
Bryce
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