48 lines
2.5 KiB
Factor
Executable File
48 lines
2.5 KiB
Factor
Executable File
USING: compiler.generator help.markup help.syntax words io parser
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assocs words.private sequences compiler.units ;
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IN: compiler
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HELP: enable-compiler
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{ $description "Enables the optimizing compiler." } ;
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HELP: disable-compiler
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{ $description "Enables the optimizing compiler." } ;
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ARTICLE: "compiler-usage" "Calling the optimizing compiler"
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"Normally, new word definitions are recompiled automatically. This can be changed:"
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{ $subsection disable-compiler }
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{ $subsection enable-compiler }
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"The optimizing compiler can be called directly, although this should not be necessary under normal circumstances:"
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{ $subsection optimized-recompile-hook }
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"Removing a word's optimized definition:"
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{ $subsection decompile }
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"Higher-level words can be found in " { $link "compilation-units" } "." ;
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ARTICLE: "compiler" "Optimizing compiler"
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"Factor is a fully compiled language implementation with two distinct compilers:"
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{ $list
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{ "The " { $emphasis "non-optimizing quotation compiler" } " compiles quotations to naive machine code very quickly. The non-optimizing quotation compiler is part of the VM." }
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{ "The " { $emphasis "optimizing word compiler" } " compiles whole words at a time while performing extensive data and control flow analysis. This provides greater performance for generated code, but incurs a much longer compile time. The optimizing compiler is written in Factor." }
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}
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"The optimizing compiler only compiles words which have a static stack effect. This means that methods defined on fundamental generic words such as " { $link nth } " should have a static stack effect; for otherwise, most of the system would be compiled with the non-optimizing compiler. See " { $link "inference" } " and " { $link "cookbook-pitfalls" } "."
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{ $subsection "compiler-usage" }
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{ $subsection "compiler-errors" }
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{ $subsection "optimizer" }
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{ $subsection "generator" } ;
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ABOUT: "compiler"
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HELP: decompile
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{ $values { "word" word } }
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{ $description "Removes a word's optimized definition. The word will be compiled with the non-optimizing compiler until recompiled with the optimizing compiler again." } ;
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HELP: (compile)
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{ $values { "word" word } }
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{ $description "Compile a single word." }
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{ $notes "This is an internal word, and user code should call " { $link compile } " instead." } ;
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HELP: optimized-recompile-hook
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{ $values { "words" "a sequence of words" } { "alist" "an association list" } }
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{ $description "Compile a set of words." }
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{ $notes "This is an internal word, and user code should call " { $link compile } " instead." } ;
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