[Python-Dev] Python 3 optimizations continued...

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Mon Aug 29 23:14:20 CEST 2011


On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:33:14 -0700
stefan brunthaler <s.brunthaler at uci.edu> wrote:
> * The optimized dispatch routine has a changed instruction format
> (word-sized instead of bytecodes) that allows for regular instruction
> decoding (without the HAS_ARG-check) and inlinind of some objects in
> the instruction format on 64bit architectures.

Having a word-sized "bytecode" format would probably be acceptable in
itself, so if you want to submit a patch for that, go ahead.

Regards

Antoine.




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