factor/basis/compiler/cfg/representations/representations-docs.factor

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USING: cpu.architecture help.markup help.syntax ;
IN: compiler.cfg.representations
ARTICLE: "compiler.cfg.representations" "Virtual register representation selection"
"Virtual register representation selection. This is where decisions about integer tagging and float and vector boxing are made. The appropriate conversion operations inserted after a cost analysis."
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"Good representation selection is very important for Factor because it uses tagged pointers. If the best representations are selected, then the number of conversions between " { $link int-rep } " and " { $link tagged-rep } " is minimized." ;
ABOUT: "compiler.cfg.representations"