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diff --git a/doc/contributing/glossary.md b/doc/contributing/glossary.md index 952601f813..0d27d28c96 100644 --- a/doc/contributing/glossary.md +++ b/doc/contributing/glossary.md @@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Just a list of acronyms I've run across in the Ruby source code and their meanin | Term | Definition | | --- | -----------| -| `bop` | Basic Operator. Relates to methods like `Integer` plus and minus which can be optimized as long as they haven't been redefined. +| `BIN` | Basic Instruction Name. Used as a macro to reference the YARV instruction. Converts pop into YARVINSN_pop. | +| `bop` | Basic Operator. Relates to methods like `Integer` plus and minus which can be optimized as long as they haven't been redefined. | | `cc` | Call Cache. An inline cache structure for the call site. Stored in the `cd` | | `cd` | Call Data. A data structure that points at the `ci` and the `cc`. `iseq` objects points at the `cd`, and access call information and call caches via this structure | | `cfp`| Control Frame Pointer. Represents a Ruby stack frame. Calling a method pushes a new frame (cfp), returning pops a frame. Points at the `pc`, `sp`, `ep`, and the corresponding `iseq`| |