On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Camillo Bruni <[email protected]>wrote:
> that would actually be interesting on how much you win by doing so, and if > you could run this dynamically (for instance reintroduce the #class > optimization if you never override it in the image)... > > Please don't. Sometimes this is useful for proxies.... > > On 2013-09-03, at 19:07, Nicolas Cellier < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I note that #class was removed from specialSelectors (nilled entry) so as > > to not use the VM hack which fetches the class without sending a message. > > Pharo prefers the regular message send. > > But next to that entry, there is #blockCopy: which was formerly used for > > blue book BlockContext. > > BlockContext was removed from Pharo... > > So that makes two available slots for optimizing most used (sent) > > messages... > > We might choose some candidates and test on some macro benchmark if ever > > that really makes a difference. > > -- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
