Re: [Chicken-hackers] Argvector handling - maybe we could do better at that

[Peter Bex]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 10:43:08PM +0100, address@hidden wrote:
> > > So if we could convince the C compiler to pass the argvector - and as we
> > > where about changing things the argument count too - in a global
> > > *register* variable, then we needed zero allocation for most cps calls.
> 
> Careful. Global register variables increase register pressure in the compiler,
> expose optimizer bugs and aren't overly portable. A simple static variable 
> should
> be the better alternative.

How about the stack-allocated vector I proposed?  It'd also be the
smallest change from what we currently have, I think.

Cheers,
Peter

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