Mucking around with compilation

[Erik Huelsmann]

Hi,

Did you look at define-compiler-macro as a possible hook mechanism?

Regards,

Erik

On Oct 27, 2016 09:28, "Mark Evenson" <evenson at panix.com> wrote:

>
>
> On 2016/10/27 05:18, Alan Ruttenberg wrote:
> > I got curious about how I might generate better code for JSS.
> >
> […]
> > The question is: Is there a more elegant way to do this, or a hook
> already
> > built that I could use instead of redefining precompile-function-call
> >
> > If not, would it be reasonable to add a hook in the ABCL source so I
> don't
> > need to patch it to do the optimization.
>
> A quick grep of the source does not seem to indicate any hooks into the
> controlling the behavior/implementation
> PRECOMPILER::PRECOMPILE-FUNCTION-CALL, supporting your finding of no
> currently reasonable mechanism for a user to manipulate.
>
> Therefore, I agree that creating a hook mechanism would be the
> reasonable way forward.
>
> I worry a little about compiler speed decrease if we do a naive hook
> implementation (i.e. something that MAPs APPLY).  Would it be more
> reasonable to memoize possible values of PRECOMPILE-FUNCTION-CALL,
> providing an API to switch at runtime?
>
> Since PRECOMPILER isn't a documented ABCL package, it would be best to
> define the API in PRECOMPILER, but have hooks that inserts the public
> API in the SYSTEM package via the appropriate import and export of the
> symbols.
>
> Cool work!  What sort of efficiency gains do you expect for JSS here?
>
> --
> "A screaming comes across the sky.  It has happened before, but there
> is nothing to compare to it now."
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://mailman.common-lisp.net/pipermail/armedbear-devel/attachments/20161027/29026ab7/attachment-0001.html>