On Mon, May 11, 2009 10:27PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: Hi Antoine
> Hi, > >> WPython is a re-implementation of (some parts of) Python, which drops >> support for bytecode in favour of a wordcode-based model (where a is >> word >> is 16 bits wide). > > This is great! > Have you planned to port in to the py3k branch? Or, at least, to trunk? It was my idea too, but first I need to take a deep look at what parts of code are changed from 2.6 to 3.0. That's because I don't know how much work is required for this "forward" port. > Some opcode and VM optimizations have gone in after 2.6 was released, > although > nothing as invasive as you did. :-D Interesting. > About the CISC-y instructions, have you tried merging the fast and const > arrays > in frame objects? That way, you need less opcode space (since e.g. > BINARY_ADD_FAST_FAST will cater with constants as well as local > variables). > > Regards > > Antoine. It's an excellent idea, that needs exploration. Running my stats tools against all .py files found in Lib and Tools folders, I discovered that the maximum index used for fast/locals is 79, and 1853 for constants. So if I find a way to easily map locals first and constants following in the same array, your great idea can be implemented saving A LOT of opcodes and reducing ceval.c source code. I'll work on that after the two releases that I planned. Thanks for your precious suggestions! Cesare _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
