Port call sites from VSJ 3 #13
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This brings with it some binary call site apparatus, but it is not expected to work.
For clarity, we separate our tests of correctness and re-linking. We make the tests work with a mixture types and parameterise the operation, and that way end up with fewer test methods.
Quite complex, so committing now and adding tests next.
We create a custom sub-class to mix with built-in types in the test.
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I'm pleased this works, but its an awfully complicated handle, with multiple casts. Considering the limits to inlining of the call-site graph by the JVM, would I be better creating a trampoline method in Java and a handle on that? |
This greatly simplifies the bounce handle.
And add op_pos to tests because we foresee never needing a cache for that.
A second layer reveals a bug, and that we aren't using the generic handle enough (given we do not propagate change to subclasses).
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The objective is to get unary and binary call sites working for representative special methods.
A lot has changed in
SpecialMethodand the type system since VSJ3. We have a clearer notion of shared representation and mutable type. This affects the detail of call sites, although the VSJ 3 design stands up well.At present, all special methods are implemented by handles that look up a descriptor on the type, which is never going to be fast. Type object initialisation and update does not need to update handles cached on the
Representationbecause they are generic. We have not so far felt it worth updating call site targets to generic handles, so none of the architecture we intend is yet in play.In order to exercise this properly, we need to generate code with call sites. A separate sub-project seems appropriate (but not as messy as
dy3bm). We shall maybe dip a toe into the code generation end of compilation.Plenty to do.