Revision: 19492
Author: [email protected]
Date: Wed Feb 19 14:50:33 2014 UTC
Log: Add comments about lazy parsing and lazy compilation.
Also rename is_lazily_compiled in (Pre)Parser; it really means "is lazily
parsed" and doesn't correspond to the lazy compilation decision.
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BUG=
Review URL: https://codereview.chromium.org/169223009
http://code.google.com/p/v8/source/detail?r=19492
Modified:
/branches/bleeding_edge/src/parser.cc
/branches/bleeding_edge/src/preparser.cc
=======================================
--- /branches/bleeding_edge/src/parser.cc Wed Feb 19 08:56:11 2014 UTC
+++ /branches/bleeding_edge/src/parser.cc Wed Feb 19 14:50:33 2014 UTC
@@ -3930,8 +3930,11 @@
scope_->DeclareFunctionVar(fvar_declaration);
}
- // Determine whether the function will be lazily compiled.
- // The heuristics are:
+ // Determine if the function can be parsed lazily. Lazy parsing is
different
+ // from lazy compilation; we need to parse more eagerly than we
compile.
+
+ // We can only parse lazily if we also compile lazily. The heuristics
for
+ // lazy compilation are:
// - It must not have been prohibited by the caller to Parse (some
callers
// need a full AST).
// - The outer scope must allow lazy compilation of inner functions.
@@ -3941,12 +3944,31 @@
// compiled.
// These are all things we can know at this point, without looking at
the
// function itself.
- bool is_lazily_compiled = (mode() == PARSE_LAZILY &&
- scope_->AllowsLazyCompilation() &&
- !parenthesized_function_);
+
+ // In addition, we need to distinguish between these cases:
+ // (function foo() {
+ // bar = function() { return 1; }
+ // })();
+ // and
+ // (function foo() {
+ // var a = 1;
+ // bar = function() { return a; }
+ // })();
+
+ // Now foo will be parsed eagerly and compiled eagerly (optimization:
assume
+ // parenthesis before the function means that it will be called
+ // immediately). The inner function *must* be parsed eagerly to
resolve the
+ // possible reference to the variable in foo's scope. However, it's
possible
+ // that it will be compiled lazily.
+
+ // To make this additional case work, both Parser and PreParser
implement a
+ // logic where only top-level functions will be parsed lazily.
+ bool is_lazily_parsed = (mode() == PARSE_LAZILY &&
+ scope_->AllowsLazyCompilation() &&
+ !parenthesized_function_);
parenthesized_function_ = false; // The bit was set for this function
only.
- if (is_lazily_compiled) {
+ if (is_lazily_parsed) {
int function_block_pos = position();
FunctionEntry entry;
if (pre_parse_data_ != NULL) {
@@ -3970,7 +3992,20 @@
expected_property_count = entry.property_count();
scope_->SetLanguageMode(entry.language_mode());
} else {
- is_lazily_compiled = false;
+ // This case happens when we have preparse data but it doesn't
contain
+ // an entry for the function. As a safety net, fall back to eager
+ // parsing. It is unclear whether PreParser's laziness analysis
can
+ // produce different results than the Parser's laziness analysis
(see
+ // https://codereview.chromium.org/7565003 ). This safety net is
+ // guarding against the case where Parser thinks a function
should be
+ // lazily parsed, but PreParser thinks it should be eagerly
parsed --
+ // in that case we fall back to eager parsing in Parser, too.
Note
+ // that the opposite case is worse: if PreParser thinks a
function
+ // should be lazily parsed, but Parser thinks it should be
eagerly
+ // parsed, it will never advance the preparse data beyond that
+ // function and all further laziness will fail (all functions
will be
+ // parsed eagerly).
+ is_lazily_parsed = false;
}
} else {
// With no preparser data, we partially parse the function, without
@@ -4007,7 +4042,9 @@
}
}
- if (!is_lazily_compiled) {
+ if (!is_lazily_parsed) {
+ // Everything inside an eagerly parsed function will be parsed
eagerly
+ // (see comment above).
ParsingModeScope parsing_mode(this, PARSE_EAGERLY);
body = new(zone()) ZoneList<Statement*>(8, zone());
if (fvar != NULL) {
=======================================
--- /branches/bleeding_edge/src/preparser.cc Wed Feb 19 08:56:11 2014 UTC
+++ /branches/bleeding_edge/src/preparser.cc Wed Feb 19 14:50:33 2014 UTC
@@ -1284,16 +1284,15 @@
}
Expect(Token::RPAREN, CHECK_OK);
- // Determine if the function will be lazily compiled.
- // Currently only happens to top-level functions.
- // Optimistically assume that all top-level functions are lazily
compiled.
- bool is_lazily_compiled = (outer_scope_type == GLOBAL_SCOPE &&
- !inside_with && allow_lazy() &&
- !parenthesized_function_);
+ // See Parser::ParseFunctionLiteral for more information about lazy
parsing
+ // and lazy compilation.
+ bool is_lazily_parsed = (outer_scope_type == GLOBAL_SCOPE &&
+ !inside_with && allow_lazy() &&
+ !parenthesized_function_);
parenthesized_function_ = false;
Expect(Token::LBRACE, CHECK_OK);
- if (is_lazily_compiled) {
+ if (is_lazily_parsed) {
ParseLazyFunctionLiteralBody(CHECK_OK);
} else {
ParseSourceElements(Token::RBRACE, ok);
--
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