Rewrite the compiler
A few days ago I found a bug in the compiler that I decided merited basically an
entire rewrite of it.
This was long overdue. The compiler kind of grew organically and unhealthily
over time as I wrapped my head around how the whole WAM is structured, and now
that I understand a lot more I can do things right.
This new implementation is a lot "flatter" than the old one. It makes use of
CLOS classes and generic methods to un-nest a lot of the crap that was
previously happening in bigass `labels` blocks. This is a lot easier to read
and understand because you can take things a piece at a time.
Unfortunately, it's currently a lot slower than the old one. But at least it's
*correct*, and now I can start taking a look at optimizing the performance with
a cleaner base to start from.
Notes/ideas for the near future:
* Switch to structs instead of CLOS classes for all the bits and bobs in the
compilation process.
* Inline hot functions in the compilation process.
* Type hint the fucking compiler already. I've put this off for far too long.
* Move the compiler to its own package for easier profiling and to maintain my
shreds of sanity.
* Look into that generic-function-inlining library thing I saw on Reddit...
* Remove the last vestiges of `match` and kill the dependency on optima.
author |
Steve Losh <steve@stevelosh.com> |
date |
Tue, 07 Jun 2016 14:49:20 +0000 |
parents |
e244881864f7 |
children |
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(ql:quickload 'bones)
(ql:quickload 'paiprolog)
(load "examples/ggp-paip-compiled.lisp")
(load "examples/ggp-paip-interpreted.lisp")
(load "examples/ggp-wam.lisp")
(in-package :bones)
(defun reload ()
(let ((*standard-output* (make-broadcast-stream))
(*debug-io* (make-broadcast-stream))
(*terminal-io* (make-broadcast-stream))
(*error-output* (make-broadcast-stream)))
(asdf:load-system 'bones :force t)
(asdf:load-system 'paiprolog :force t)
(load "examples/ggp-paip-compiled.lisp")
(load "examples/ggp-paip-interpreted.lisp")
(load "examples/ggp-wam.lisp")))
(defun run-test% ()
(format t "PAIP (Compiled) --------------------~%")
(time (paiprolog-test::dfs-exhaust))
(format t "PAIP (Interpreted) -----------------~%")
(time (bones.paip::dfs-exhaust))
(format t "WAM --------------------------------~%")
(time (bones.wam::dfs-exhaust)))
(defmacro run-test (&rest settings)
`(progn
(declaim (optimize ,@settings))
(format t "~%~%========================================================~%")
(format t "~S~%" ',settings)
(format t "--------------------------------------------------------~%")
(reload)
(run-test%)))
; (run-test (speed 3) (safety 1) (debug 1))
(run-test (speed 3) (safety 0) (debug 0))