examples/profile.lisp @ 72bbdd515725

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 a696be29e830
children 410acaae0c14
(ql:quickload 'bones)

(require :sb-sprof)

(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)))


(defun run-profile ()
  (reload)

  (format t "PROFILING -------------------------------~%")

  (sb-sprof:profile-call-counts "BONES.WAM")

  (sb-sprof:with-profiling (:max-samples 5000
                            :sample-interval 0.001
                            :loop nil)
    (bones.wam::dfs-exhaust))

  (sb-sprof:report :type :flat)
  )

; (format t "~%~%====================================~%")
; (format t "(speed 3) (safety 1) (debug 1)~%")
; (declaim (optimize (speed 3) (safety 1) (debug 1)))
; (run-test)

; (format t "~%~%====================================~%")
; (format t "(speed 3) (safety 1) (debug 0)~%")
; (declaim (optimize (speed 3) (safety 1) (debug 0)))
; (run-test)

(format t "~%~%====================================~%")
(format t "(speed 3) (safety 0) (debug 0)~%")
(declaim (optimize (speed 3) (safety 0) (debug 0)))
(run-profile)