Re: Compilation to native

[Stefan Monnier]

> This optimisation more than doubles the speed of the generated
> function.  The optimisation adds two new byte operations.  As a start
> the new operations always take parameters that are four bytes wide.  I
> think the loading of these four bytes is the cause of the slower byte
> interpretation.

I don't understand.  Could you give us more info about what those new byte
ops are and what they're used for (and maybe why you think they make things
slower in the byte-interpreter, tho I should be able to figure that out on
my own at that point).


        Stefan