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reply zwang <nehzgnaw gmail.com> writes:
It would be nice to get the address of a label using the operator '&'.
The return value has type void*, and it can be used in a goto statement.
For example:

   void* [] inst = [ &iconst0, &iconst1, &iadd, &exit ];
   int pc = 0;
   goto inst[pc];
   iconst0: push(0); goto inst[++pc];
   iconst1: push(1); goto inst[++pc];
   iadd: push(pop() + pop()); goto inst[++pc];
   exit: trace();
   ...


Very useful for fast dispatching in an interpreter.
Jun 13 2005
next sibling parent reply MicroWizard <MicroWizard_member pathlink.com> writes:
Huhhh...

Are you sure??? This code looks like assembly or Basic.
Do you need any idea for structured/object oriented solution?

Tamas Nagy

In article <d8kep6$24c0$1 digitaldaemon.com>, zwang says...
It would be nice to get the address of a label using the operator '&'.
The return value has type void*, and it can be used in a goto statement.
For example:

   void* [] inst = [ &iconst0, &iconst1, &iadd, &exit ];
   int pc = 0;
   goto inst[pc];
   iconst0: push(0); goto inst[++pc];
   iconst1: push(1); goto inst[++pc];
   iadd: push(pop() + pop()); goto inst[++pc];
   exit: trace();
   ...


Very useful for fast dispatching in an interpreter.
Jun 13 2005
parent "Uwe Salomon" <post uwesalomon.de> writes:
 It would be nice to get the address of a label using the operator '&'.
 The return value has type void*, and it can be used in a goto statement.
 For example:

   void* [] inst = [ &iconst0, &iconst1, &iadd, &exit ];
   int pc = 0;
   goto inst[pc];
   iconst0: push(0); goto inst[++pc];
   iconst1: push(1); goto inst[++pc];
   iadd: push(pop() + pop()); goto inst[++pc];
   exit: trace();
   ...


 Very useful for fast dispatching in an interpreter.
I think you should use a simple switch-case-construct, and let the optimizations to the compiler: enum Token { TokAdd, TokSub, // ... } // ... foreach (Token tok; tokenList) { switch (tok) { case TokAdd: push(0); break; case TokSub: push(1); break; } } This may or may not be as fast as your idea, but it is simple, less error-prone and easy to understand. If profiling shows that this very statement is a bottleneck, you can still code it in assembly (builtin feature). For your example, i would assume that the stack should be the primary focus of optimizations: push(pop() + pop()) is quite a lot of code if not carefully implemented... Ciao uwe
Jun 13 2005
prev sibling parent Chris Sauls <ibisbasenji gmail.com> writes:
zwang wrote:
 It would be nice to get the address of a label using the operator '&'.
 The return value has type void*, and it can be used in a goto statement.
 For example:
 
   void* [] inst = [ &iconst0, &iconst1, &iadd, &exit ];
   int pc = 0;
   goto inst[pc];
   iconst0: push(0); goto inst[++pc];
   iconst1: push(1); goto inst[++pc];
   iadd: push(pop() + pop()); goto inst[++pc];
   exit: trace();
   ...
 
 
 Very useful for fast dispatching in an interpreter.
I see what you're doing, and I've done similar things, but would it be equally easy to use function pointers (or delegates) and either a dynamic or associative array? Then 'goto inst[pc];' becomes something like 'inst[pc]();' which is a little odd looking, but still clear (imho). -- Chris Sauls
Jun 13 2005