Nicholas Clark wrote:
Does the -a flag on imcc mean that we can run without the macros, and hence run faster?
No, the -a option turns on PASM parsing, where macros are enabled. Normally imcc selects the mode with the file extension (.pasm/.imc/.pbc), but when input is coming from STDIN, the switches (-a/-c) tell imcc to take input as PASM or PBC respectively.
And WRT speed: The macros extension just add ~2 new keywords to the lexer, which IMHO are negligable. imcc compiles and runs parrot tests faster then the "quick" option for t/harness now does.
Nicholas Clark
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