At 08:59 PM 2/14/2001 +0000, Graham Barr wrote:
>On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 03:38:55PM -0500, Dan Sugalski wrote:
> > At 08:29 PM 2/14/2001 +0000, Graham Barr wrote:
> > >On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 03:04:40PM -0500, Dan Sugalski wrote:
> > > > At 05:57 PM 2/14/2001 -0300, Branden wrote:
> > > > >Simon Cozens wrote:
> > > > > > On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 11:38:58AM -0800, Damien Neil wrote:
> > > > > > > sub do_stuff { ... }
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > {
> > > > > > > my $fh = IO::File->new("file");
> > > > > > > do_stuff($fh);
> > > > > > > }
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > In this code, the compiler can determine that $fh has no active
> > > > > > > references at the end of the block
> > > > > >
> > > > > > No, it can't, but it can certainly put a *test* for not having
> > > references
> > > > > > there.
> > > >
> > > > Yes it can tell, actually--we do have the full bytecode to the sub
> > > > available to us, along with whatever metainfo we choose to remember
> > > > generally about the sub. Whether we use the info is a separate
> matter, of
> > > > course.
> > >
> > >Not if the sub is AUTOLOADed
> >
> > Yeah, there is that. AUTOLOAD (and eval, and do, and require) throw a
> > high-entropy monkey wrench into things. Skipping them where possible will
> > be one of the tickets to more optimized code.
>
>Actually its not just those. The sub could just be defined later in the
>same file. Or even redefined at some point in time during runtime.
Defined later in the file's not a problem, as the optimizer would have the
information about the sub handy. Redefining the sub at runtime is a
problem, though, and we might not get great optimization if it can't be
determined if a sub is stable. Getting good optimization would mean either
you told the optimizer that it can assume subs are stable, or that
eval/do/require weren't seen in the entire program after initial loading
and parsing and we didn't see any constructs that redefine subs.
Dan
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