On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 8:13 AM Tim Starling <tstarl...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> What are VM kinds for? Are they just a prototyping tool to allow > different implementation strategies to be benchmarked? Or are they > permanent? Does anyone use them? > > I ask because I'm working on a VM bug, and non-default VM kinds make > already complex code even more complex and harder to edit. > > -- Tim Starling > I don't think anyone uses them, and the GOTO/SWITCH VMs receive little testing in practice (we don't use them in CI), and I believe they're not supported by the JIT either. Personally, I would be fine with simply dropping them, as they do add additional maintenance burden without any apparent benefit. Maybe Dmitry has some thoughts on this. Regards, Nikita
