Re: Emacs Lisp JIT Compiler

[T.V Raman]

Tom Tromey <address@hidden> writes:


Good to know - -asked because of the reference in your original note to
"redefined functions" (speaking from memory)>>>>>> "T" == T V Raman 
<address@hidden> writes:
>
> T> Will it work with adviced functions?
>
> Yes.  The JIT works by adding another slot to the bytecode object.
> This slot holds the JIT-related data, like the compiled function.
> So, things like advice don't affect the way it operates.
>
> Writing this out made me remember another possible issue with the JIT:
> because it works based on the bytecode object, when a closure is made
> with make-byte-code, the JIT will compile each such closure separately.
> It would be possible to, instead, have it compile a closure once; but at
> some cost to the generated code.
>
> Tom
>

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