[Chicken-hackers] "argvector" chicken (was: ABI woes)

[felix . winkelmann]

> Scripsit address@hidden:
>
> > CPS calls are surprisingly expensive in general in CHICKEN,
>
> Ah, I'm confused now.  Are "CPS calls" a specific type of call?  I had
> assumed that all calls (except to C primitives) are CPS calls.

Yes, that's true. There is support for so-called "direct" calls, that
is, calls to non-CPS leaf-routines, but since these targets are subject
to inlining, they are not overly effective, I think. Most primitives
are implemented as macros or "normal" C functions, though.


felix