On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:27:13 -0700 stefan brunthaler <ste...@brunthaler.net> wrote: > >> Changing the bytecode width wouldn't make the interpreter more complex. > > > > No, but I think Stefan is proposing to add a *second* byte code format, > > in addition to the one that remains there. That would certainly be an > > increase in complexity. > > > Yes, indeed I have a more straightforward instruction format to allow > for more efficient decoding. Just going from bytecode size to > word-code size without changing the instruction format is going to > require 8 (or word-size) times more memory on a 64bit system.
Do you really need it to match a machine word? Or is, say, a 16-bit format sufficient. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
