Re: Alternate function calling scheme

2004-03-09 Thread Simon Glover
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Leopold Toetsch wrote: > Object instantiation is 40 % of the whole used time. Let's start to > optimize object layout first. I think there's definitely the potential for a big speed-up there. For instance, simply replacing the Array that used to store the class, classname

Re: Alternate function calling scheme

2004-03-09 Thread Leopold Toetsch
Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been thinking about vtable and opcode functions written in > bytecode, and I think that we need an alternate form of sub calling. > (And yes, this *is* everyone's chance to say "I told you so") I don't think that calling conventions are actually a pro

Alternate function calling scheme

2004-03-08 Thread Dan Sugalski
I've been thinking about vtable and opcode functions written in bytecode, and I think that we need an alternate form of sub calling. (And yes, this *is* everyone's chance to say "I told you so") The current calling conventions are optimized for the case where the caller knows that that a call i