At 07:33 PM 5/18/2002 -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote: >At 7:25 PM -0400 5/18/02, Melvin Smith wrote: >>Yeh I know that word is yucky and from Java land, but in this case, I >>think that >>"system" PMCs should take liberties for optimization. > >*All* PMCs should take liberties for optimization. PMC vtable entries are >the only things that should know the internal structures, and they're >allowed--heck, encouraged--to take any liberties needed for speed. > >I don't much care if it breaks inheritance at the PMC level. Too bad. The >speed's more important here.
Well then, I'll take that as a yes, and will take a few "liberties" to add 20% to our benchmarks. :) -Melvin
