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Re: Smart variables, dumb variables
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Rob Browning |
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Re: Smart variables, dumb variables |
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Wed, 14 Aug 2002 21:43:40 -0500 |
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Marius Vollmer <address@hidden> writes:
> A future execution model (that is slowly forming in my head) will
> make it so that most variable flags can be tested at compile time.
> Thus, a compiler can emit more efficient code for dumb variables.
Are you thinking about testing the flags on the C side or on the
Scheme side, and if you have more thoughts (even preliminary ones)
about how the compile time tests would work, could you elaborate? I'm
trying to get a picture in my head of how all this might work
internally, and how it might look in the external API so I can think
about it. I was also trying to imagine any potential interactions
with the various potential forms of compilation we might consider in
the future (i.e. Scheme -> C, for example).
(only marginally-relevant aside: anyone know the status of C inline
functions these days -- do other non-gcc compilers support them, do
we compile under non-gcc compilers, etc.?)
Thanks
--
Rob Browning
rlb @defaultvalue.org, @linuxdevel.com, and @debian.org
Previously @cs.utexas.edu
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- Re: Smart variables, dumb variables, rm, 2002/08/15
- Re: Smart variables, dumb variables, Neil Jerram, 2002/08/19
- Re: Smart variables, dumb variables, Marius Vollmer, 2002/08/19
- Re: Smart variables, dumb variables, rm, 2002/08/20
- Re: Smart variables, dumb variables, Marius Vollmer, 2002/08/26
- Re: Smart variables, dumb variables, tomas, 2002/08/15
- Re: Smart variables, dumb variables, Marius Vollmer, 2002/08/15
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