question about interpreter

Sat Apr 1 00:00:00 GMT 2000

Jeff Sturm <jsturm@sigma6.com> writes:
> Tom Tromey wrote:
> > #define LOADL(I) ({ jint __idx = (I); \
> > (sp++)->ia[0] = locals[__idx].ia[0]; \
> > (sp++)->ia[0] = locals[__idx+1].ia[0]; \
> > })
>> Why not use inline functions instead? C++ was supposed to eliminate the
> preprocessor for most uses. These macros aren't used in any C code,
> after all...

I did this originally (used inline functions) but this resulted in a
huge stack frame for the interpreter main-loop function. If this as
improved since June 99, then clearly it would be great to use inline
functions.
-- Kresten
 Kresten Krab Thorup "I like my eggs ploded"
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