Re: CONSTANTS patch - LKBIT

[steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@...>]

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Nilson <nilson.brazil@gmail.com> wrote:
> extra instructions in 64 gives 12,5% of overheard on writes. *** I
> really need benchmarks to measure the overall performance impact.  ***
> This is one of the reasons because I asked for some help. I'm a newbie
> in Lua internals ...

A 'realistic' benchmark is always a good idea. Lua has a conservative
design (which is excellent) and people need to see practical benefits.

But then, we don't expect extreme speed from stock Lua;  luajit will
optimize what appears like slow operations anyway.

People here already understand how to implement such policies without
core modifications, after all.

steve d.