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* Change to how locations are passed around, for the sake of generationalKaz Kylheku2014-03-291-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | GC. The issue being solved here is the accuracy of the gc_set function. The existing impelmentation is too conservative. It has no generation information about the memory location being stored, and so it assumes the worst: that it is a location in the middle of a gen 1 object. This is sub-optimal, creating unacceptable pressure against the checkobj array and, worse, as a consequence causing unreachable gen 0 objects to be tenured into gen 1. To solve this problem, we replace "val *" pointers with a structure of type "loc" which keeps track of the object too, which lets us discover the generation. I tried another approach: using just a pointer with a bitfield indicating the generation. This turned out to have a serious issue: such a bitfield goes stale when the object is moved to a different generation. The object holding the memory location is in gen 1, but the annotated pointer still indicates gen 0. The gc_set function then makes the wrong decision, and premature reclamation takes place. * combi.c (perm_init_common, comb_gen_fun_common, rcomb_gen_fun_common, rcomb_list_gen_fun): Update to new interfaces for managing mutation. * debug.c (debug): Update to new interfaces for managing mutation. Avoid loc variable name. * eval.c (env_fbind, env_fbind): Update to new interfaces for managing mutation. (lookup_var_l, dwim_loc): Return loc type and update to new interfaces. (apply_frob_args, op_modplace, op_dohash, transform_op, mapcarv, mappendv, repeat_infinite_func, repeat_times_func): Update to new interfaces for managing mutation. * eval.h (lookup_var_l): Declaration updated. * filter.c (trie_add, trie_compress, trie_compress_intrinsic, * build_filter, built_filter_from_list, filter_init): Update to new * interfaces. * gc.c (gc_set): Rewritten to use loc type which provides the exact generation. We do not need the in_malloc_range hack any more, since we have the backpointer to the object. (gc_push): Take loc rather than raw pointer. * gc.h (gc_set, gc_push): Declarations updated. * hash.c (struct hash): The acons* functions use loc instead of val * now. (hash_equal_op, copy_hash, gethash_c, inhash, gethash_n, pushhash, Change to how locations are passed around, for the sake of generational GC. The issue being solved here is the accuracy of the gc_set function. The existing impelmentation is too conservative. It has no generation information about the memory location being stored, and so it assumes the worst: that it is a location in the middle of a gen 1 object. This is sub-optimal, creating unacceptable pressure against the checkobj array and, worse, as a consequence causing unreachable gen 0 objects to be tenured into gen 1. To solve this problem, we replace "val *" pointers with a structure of type "loc" which keeps track of the object too, which lets us discover the generation. I tried another approach: using just a pointer with a bitfield indicating the generation. This turned out to have a serious issue: such a bitfield goes stale when the object is moved to a different generation. The object holding the memory location is in gen 1, but the annotated pointer still indicates gen 0. The gc_set function then makes the wrong decision, and premature reclamation takes place. * combi.c (perm_init_common, comb_gen_fun_common, rcomb_gen_fun_common, rcomb_list_gen_fun): Update to new interfaces for managing mutation. * debug.c (debug): Update to new interfaces for managing mutation. Avoid loc variable name. * eval.c (env_fbind, env_fbind): Update to new interfaces for managing mutation. (lookup_var_l, dwim_loc): Return loc type and update to new interfaces. (apply_frob_args, op_modplace, op_dohash, transform_op, mapcarv, mappendv, repeat_infinite_func, repeat_times_func): Update to new interfaces for managing mutation. * eval.h (lookup_var_l): Declaration updated. * filter.c (trie_add, trie_compress, trie_compress_intrinsic, * build_filter, built_filter_from_list, filter_init): Update to new * interfaces. * gc.c (gc_set): Rewritten to use loc type which provides the exact generation. We do not need the in_malloc_range hack any more, since we have the backpointer to the object. (gc_push): Take loc rather than raw pointer. * gc.h (gc_set, gc_push): Declarations updated. * hash.c (struct hash): The acons* functions use loc instead of val * now. (hash_equal_op, copy_hash, gethash_c, inhash, gethash_n, pushhash,
* Change in the design of how special variables work, to fix the brokenKaz Kylheku2014-02-281-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | re-binding. C code now has to go through the dynamic environment lookup to access things like *random-state*, or *stdout*. As part of this, I'm moving some intrinsic variable and function initializations out of eval.c and into their respective modules. Macros are are used to make global variables look like ordinary C variables. This is very similar to the errno trick in POSIX threads implementations. * eval.c (looup_var, lookup_var_l): Restructured to eliminate silly goto, the cobjp handling is gone. (reg_fun, reg_var): Internal function becomes external. reg_var registers a simple cons cell binding now, without any C pointer tricks to real C global variables. (c_var_mark): Static function removed. (c_var_ops): Static struct removed. (eval_init): Numerous initializations for streams, syslog, rand, signals and others moved to their respective modules. The new symbol variables user_package_s, keyword_package_s and system_package_s are interned here, and the variables are created in a special way. * eval.h (reg_var, reg_fun): Declared. * gc.c (prot1): Added assert that the loc pointer isn't null. This happened, and blew up during garbage collection. * lib.c (system_package, keyword_package, user_package): Variables removed these become macros. (system_package_var, keyword_package_var, user_package_var): New global variables. (system_package_s, keyword_package_s, user_package_s): New symbol globals. (get_user_package, get_system_package, get_keyword_package): New functions. (obj_init): Protect new variables. Initialization order of modules tweaked: the modules sig_init, stream_init, and rand_init are moved after eval_init because they register variables. * lib.h (keyword_package, system_pckage, user_package): Variables turned into macros. (system_package_var, keyword_package_var, user_package_var): Declared. (system_package_s, keyword_package_s, user_package_s): Declared. (get_user_package, get_system_package, get_keyword_package): Declared. * rand.c (struct random_state): Renamed to struct rand_state to avoid clash with new random_state macro. (random_state): Global variable removed. (random_state_s): New symbol global. (make_state, rand32, make_random_state, random_fixnum, random): Follow rename of struct random_state.
* Bumping copyrights to 2014 and expressing them as year ranges.Kaz Kylheku2013-12-101-1/+1
| | | | Fixing some errors in copyright comments.
* Version 58txr-58Kaz Kylheku2012-02-251-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * txr.c (version): Bumped. * txr.1: Bumped version and set date. * configure (txr_ver): Bumped. * RELNOTES: Updated. * eval.c (eval_init): Updated. * rand.c (rand): Function renamed to rnd due to a clash with standard C library (that does not show up when compiling as C++). * rand.h (rand): Declaration renamed to rnd.
* Introducing optional arguments.Kaz Kylheku2012-02-211-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * debug.c (help, show_bindings): put_string arguments reversed. * eval.c (bind_args): Support colon notation in interpreted function lambda lists for optional arguments. Improved error checking. (apply): Allow optional arguments to be left out. (dwim_loc): Reversed arguments to replace_str, replace_vec, replace_list. (eval_init): Numerous intrinsics now have arguments that are optional. New function rand introduced which reverses arguments relative to random. New intrinsic function hash introduced for alternative construction of hashes. * gc.c (sweep): Reversed arguments to put_char. * hash.c (weak_keys_k, weak_vals_k, equal_based_k): New keyword symbol variables. (hashv): New function. (hash_init): Intern new symbols. * hash.h (weak_keys_k, weak_vals_k, equal_based_k, hashv): Declared. * lib.c (colon_k): New keyword symbol variable. (replace_list, replace_str, replace_vec): Arguments rearranged. (tree_find): testfun becomes optional argument. (int_str): base becomes optional argument. (func_f0, func_f1, func_f2, func_f3, func_f4, func_n0, func_n1, func_n2, func_n3, func_n4, func_f0v, func_f1v, func_f2v, func_f3v, func_f4v, func_n0v, func_n1v, func_n2v, func_n3v, func_n4v, func_interp): Initialize optargs to zero. (func_n0o, func_n1o, func_n2o, func_n3o, func_n4o): New functions. (cobj_print_op): Reversed arguments to put_string. (find): testfun and keyfun become optional arguments. (replace): Parameters rearranged and arguments rearranged in calls to replace_list, replace_str and replace_vec. (obj_init): colon_k initialized. (obj_print, obj_pprint): Arguments reversed, and stream defaults to std_output. Arguments reversed in calls to put_char and put_string. (dump): Arguments reversed in call to put_char. * lib.h (struct func): sizes of minparam, fixparam bitfields adjusted. New bitfield optargs. New unnamed bitfield added so the previous ones add up to 16 bits. (colon_k): Declared. (func_n0o, func_n1o, func_n2o, func_n3o, func_n4o): Declared. (replace_list, replace_str, replace_vec, replace): Declarations updated. * match.c (debuglf, dump_shell_string, dump_byte_string, dump_var, do_output_line, extract): Reversed arguments to put_char and
* * Makefile (OBJS): new object file, rand.o.Kaz Kylheku2011-12-211-0/+33
* eval.c: Includes rand.h header. (eval_init): New variable and functions from rand module registered. * lib.c: Includes rand.h header. (init): Call rand_init. * rand.c: New file. * rand.h: New file.