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Re: Smart variables, dumb variables
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Marius Vollmer |
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Re: Smart variables, dumb variables |
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14 Aug 2002 23:09:36 +0200 |
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address@hidden writes:
> > I had in mind that the compiler could use the bit to decide if it is
> > allowed to inline some functions (such as '+', 'car', ...) but I no
> > longer think that would be the right way.
>
> Wouldn't that imply that certain functions will never be 'generic' ?
What do you mean with generic?
The way I imagine it, is that you can put declarations on variables
that the compiler is allowed to trust at compile-time, and one such
declaration could be "this variable holds the R5RS primitive procedure
'+' and will always hold it." This is a reasonable declaration to
make. The compiler could then inline the fixnum part of '+' and call
out-of-line code for the rest.
So my next proposal is to add declarations to variables... :-)
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