2013/7/29 tim Rowledge <tim@rowledge.org>

On 29-07-2013, at 1:54 AM, Clément Bera <bera.clement@gmail.com> wrote:
> - Lastly, does VW have the tempVector optimization for escaping write temporaries in their blockClosure ? It seems they have not (I don't see any reference to it in VW 7). Did Pharo/Squeak blocks earns a lot of speed or memory with this optimization ?

Assuming you're talking about what I think you are talking about, VW had it around 12years ago; I remember Eliot explaining it to me at least three times before I quite got it. I happened to be visiting with him for lunch on the day when it first worked well, IIRC.

Thanks for your answer. So they have it. Actually on second thoughts it may be that blocks need the temp vector to work with the stack mapping: if a block outlive its homeContext, the homeContext variables may be overridden in the stack.

It is just that I see no reference to it in VW class comments. Perhaps it is only VM details hidden from the user.

tim
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