nil/true/false are special literals just like floats, integers,
literal strings, and symbols. Optimize when statements with
them by using a jump table, too.
target 0: a (ruby 2.3.0dev (2015-12-08 trunk 52928) [x86_64-linux]) at "/home/ew/rrrr/b/ruby"
target 1: b (ruby 2.3.0dev (2015-12-08 master 52928) [x86_64-linux]) at "/home/ew/ruby/b/ruby"
benchmark results:
minimum results in each 5 measurements.
Execution time (sec)
name a b
loop_whileloop2 0.102 0.103
vm2_case_lit* 1.657 0.549
Speedup ratio: compare with the result of `a' (greater is better)
name b
loop_whileloop2 0.988
vm2_case_lit* 3.017
* benchmark/bm_vm2_case_lit.rb: new benchmark
* compile.c (case_when_optimizable_literal): add nil/true/false
* insns.def (opt_case_dispatch): ditto
* vm.c (vm_redefinition_check_flag): ditto
* vm.c (vm_init_redefined_flag): ditto
* vm_core.h: ditto
* object.c (InitVM_Object): define === explicitly for nil/true/false
* test/ruby/test_case.rb (test_deoptimize_nil): new test
* test/ruby/test_optimization.rb (test_opt_case_dispatch): update
(test_eqq): new test
[ruby-core:71923] [Feature #11769]
Original patch by Aaron Patterson <tenderlove@ruby-lang.org>
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@52931 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
