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author | Mike Pall <mike> | 2011-11-20 19:14:39 +0100 |
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committer | Mike Pall <mike> | 2011-11-20 19:16:40 +0100 |
commit | cecbe3c15fc62921098f3468b9de86cf0b631b9e (patch) | |
tree | d1b18c59652a3e163ce050e58b7b647fdf312271 /doc/status.html | |
parent | cc7a12be93660677a5128124c11c68127cfe33eb (diff) | |
download | luajit2-cecbe3c15fc62921098f3468b9de86cf0b631b9e.tar.gz |
Specialize to prototype for non-monomorphic functions.
Solves the trace-explosion problem with closure-heavy programming.
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diff --git a/doc/status.html b/doc/status.html index d386e1aa..5f8fa463 100644 --- a/doc/status.html +++ b/doc/status.html @@ -148,14 +148,6 @@ with me, before writing major improvements, to avoid duplication of effort. </li> <li> -The trace compiler currently doesn't back off specialization for -function call dispatch. It should really fall back to specializing on -the prototype, not the closure identity. This can lead to the so-called -"trace explosion" problem with <b>closure-heavy programming</b>. The -trace linking heuristics prevent this, but in the worst case this -means the code always falls back to the interpreter. -</li> -<li> <b>Trace management</b> needs more tuning: less drastic countermeasures against trace explosion and better heuristics in general. </li> |