fast code generator is optimized for compilation time and code size.
Currently it is only implemented on IA32. It is potentially triggered
for any code in the global scope (including code eval'd in the global
scope). It performs a syntactic check and chooses to compile in fast
mode if the AST contains only supported constructs and matches some
other constraints.
Initially supported constructs are
* ExpressionStatement,
* ReturnStatement,
* VariableProxy (variable references) to parameters and
stack-allocated locals,
* Assignment with lhs a parameter or stack-allocated local, and
* Literal
This allows compilation of literals at the top level and not much
else.
All intermediate values are allocated to temporaries and the stack is
used for all temporaries. The extra memory traffic is a known issue.
The code generated for 'true' is:
0 push ebp
1 mov ebp,esp
3 push esi
4 push edi
5 push 0xf5cca135 ;; object: 0xf5cca135 <undefined>
10 cmp esp,[0x8277efc]
16 jnc 27 (0xf5cbbb1b)
22 call 0xf5cac960 ;; code: STUB, StackCheck, minor: 0
27 push 0xf5cca161 ;; object: 0xf5cca161 <true>
32 mov eax,[esp]
35 mov [ebp+0xf4],eax
38 pop eax
39 mov eax,[ebp+0xf4]
42 mov esp,ebp ;; js return
44 pop ebp
45 ret 0x4
48 mov eax,0xf5cca135 ;; object: 0xf5cca135 <undefined>
53 mov esp,ebp ;; js return
55 pop ebp
56 ret 0x4
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/273050
git-svn-id: http://v8.googlecode.com/svn/branches/bleeding_edge@3067 ce2b1a6d-e550-0410-aec6-3dcde31c8c00
