[Vm-dev] CogVM Execution Flow

[Eliot Miranda]

Hi Ben,

On Tuesday, June 14, 2016, Ben Coman <btc at openinworld.com> wrote:

>
> Some other possible hints of transitions between structures is that
> only some methods have pragmas?? (Like <var: #cogMethod type:.....)


Unrelated.  These pragmas merely confer C types in variables when
Smalltalk/Slang is translated to C.


>
> Only some methods are marked for <inline>.


Right.  Some methods must be inlined, some are inlined automatically.  It's
a bit chaotic, but us unrelated to the transitions.


>
> I notice a function... convertToMachineCodeFrame: cogMethod bcpc:


Now you're talking :-).  The interpreter jits an interpreted method that
contains a loop by counting backward branches and jitting by default on the
20th iteration.


>
> cheers- ben
>


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best, Eliot
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