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proposal: compiler/emitter: optimize if statements with constant condition #876

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zapateo opened this issue Sep 21, 2021 · 0 comments
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proposal: compiler/emitter: optimize if statements with constant condition #876

zapateo opened this issue Sep 21, 2021 · 0 comments
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emitter/builder Related to VM's emitter and builder improvement An optional improvement proposal Proposal-Accepted

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zapateo commented Sep 21, 2021 •
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We may optimize the if statements that have constant expression as condition.
For example:

if true {
 <body>
}

may be replaced by:

<body>

while:

if false {
 <body>
}

may be skipped by the emitter.
@zapateo zapateo added improvement An optional improvement emitter/builder Related to VM's emitter and builder labels Sep 21, 2021
@gazerro gazerro changed the title compiler/emitter: optimize if statements with constant condition proposal: compiler/emitter: optimize if statements with constant condition Sep 22, 2021
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