Re: [Chicken-janitors] #757: provide ##core#inline-routines for cheap SRFI-4 vector primitives

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#757: provide ##core#inline-routines for cheap SRFI-4 vector primitives
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  Reporter:  felix        |       Owner:  felix
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new  
  Priority:  minor        |   Milestone:       
 Component:  compiler     |     Version:  4.7.x
Resolution:               |    Keywords:       
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Description changed by felix:

Old description:

> `XXXvector-length`, `XXXvector-ref` and `XXXvector-set!` would be much
> more efficient if routines callable via `##core#inline[_allocate]` would
> be available for them (just as it currently is for, say, `vector-ref`).
> Since the structure-tag is not available in the C runtime, it has to be
> explicitly passed, e.g.
>
> {{{
> C_word C_i_XXXvector_ref(C_word tag, C_word vec, C_word index);
> C_word C_i_XXXvector_set(C_word tag, C_word vec, C_word index, C_word x);
> C_word C_i_XXXvector_length(C_word tag, C_word vec);
> }}}

New description:

 `XXXvector-length`, `XXXvector-ref` and `XXXvector-set!` would be much
 more efficient if routines callable via `##core#inline[_allocate]` would
 be available for them (just as it currently is for, say, `vector-ref`).
 Since the structure-tag is not available in the C runtime, it has to be
 explicitly passed, e.g.

 {{{
 C_word C_i_XXXvector_ref(C_word tag, C_word vec, C_word index);
 C_word C_i_XXXvector_set(C_word tag, C_word vec, C_word index, C_word x);
 C_word C_i_XXXvector_length(C_word tag, C_word vec);
 }}}

 (need allocating `..._ref` for f64/s32/u32 vector)

 Note that the existing `C_a_i_f64/S32/u32vector_ref` are incorrectly named
 and should be `C_u_a_i_...` or something similar.

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Ticket URL: <https://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/757#comment:1>
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