Can compiler macros make use of type declarations?
Chaitanya Gupta
mail at chaitanyagupta.com
Mon Nov 6 20:43:03 UTC 2017
Let's say I have created a function called `FOO`:
(defun foo (x)
...)
To optimize this function, I write a compiler macro. Can I make use of
type declarations that users of `FOO` might have made for the argument
`X` that is passed in to it?
That is, let's say `FOO` is used like this:
(let ((a (something-that-returns-an-integer)))
(declare (integer a))
(foo a))
The compiler macro for `FOO` cannot make any optimizations on the
value of `A`, but can it take advantage of the fact that `A` is
declared as in `INTEGER` here?
Chaitanya
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