Re: [PATCH]: Add new bytecode op `switch' for implementing branch tables.

[Stefan Monnier]

> The following patch adds support for a new op `switch` to the Emacs
> bytecode VM and compiler.

I guess the motivation is to speed up some code.
Did you make any measurements to see what kind of effect it has?

> However, since switch replaces all goto-if-nil code, I've used a few

Hmm... so goto-if-nil is never used any more?  Aren't there cases where
byte-switch results in slower code than goto-if-nil?


        Stefan