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LuaJIT
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=head1 Running LuaJIT
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=item * LuaJIT
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=item * Download E<rchevron>
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=item * ffi.* API
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=item * FFI Semantics
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=item * jit.* Library
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=item * FAQ
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=item * Performance E<rchevron>
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=item * Wiki E<rchevron>
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=item * Mailing List E<rchevron>
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=back
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LuaJIT has only a single stand-alone executable, called C<luajit> on
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POSIX systems or C<luajit.exe> on Windows. It can be used to run simple
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Lua statements or whole Lua applications from the command line. It has
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an interactive mode, too.
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=head2 Command Line Options
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The C<luajit> stand-alone executable is just a slightly modified
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version of the regular C<lua> stand-alone executable. It supports the
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same basic options, too. C<luajit -h> prints a short list of the
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available options. Please have a look at the E<rchevron> Lua manual for
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details.
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LuaJIT has some additional options:
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=head2 C<-b[options] input output>
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This option saves or lists bytecode. The following additional options
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are accepted:
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=item * C<-l> E<mdash> Only list bytecode.
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=item * C<-s> E<mdash> Strip debug info (this is the default).
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=item * C<-g> E<mdash> Keep debug info.
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=item * C<-n name> E<mdash> Set module name (default: auto-detect from
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input name)
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=item * C<-t type> E<mdash> Set output file type (default: auto-detect
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from output name).
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=item * C<-a arch> E<mdash> Override architecture for object files
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(default: native).
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=item * C<-o os> E<mdash> Override OS for object files (default:
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native).
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=item * C<-e chunk> E<mdash> Use chunk string as input.
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=item * C<-> (a single minus sign) E<mdash> Use stdin as input and/or
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stdout as output.
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The output file type is auto-detected from the extension of the output
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file name:
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=over
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=item * C<c> E<mdash> C source file, exported bytecode data.
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=item * C<h> E<mdash> C header file, static bytecode data.
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=item * C<obj> or C<o> E<mdash> Object file, exported bytecode data
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(OS- and architecture-specific).
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=item * C<raw> or any other extension E<mdash> Raw bytecode file
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(portable).
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Notes:
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=over
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=item * See also string.dump() for information on bytecode portability
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and compatibility.
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=item * A file in raw bytecode format is auto-detected and can be
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loaded like any Lua source file. E.g. directly from the command line or
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with C<loadfile()>, C<dofile()> etc.
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=item * To statically embed the bytecode of a module in your
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application, generate an object file and just link it with your
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application.
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=item * On most ELF-based systems (e.g. Linux) you need to explicitly
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export the global symbols when linking your application, e.g. with:
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C<-Wl,-E>
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=item * C<require()> tries to load embedded bytecode data from exported
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symbols (in C<*.exe> or C<lua51.dll> on Windows) and from shared
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libraries in C<package.cpath>.
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Typical usage examples:
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luajit -b test.lua test.out # Save bytecode to test.out
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luajit -bg test.lua test.out # Keep debug info
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luajit -be "print('hello world')" test.out # Save cmdline script
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luajit -bl test.lua # List to stdout
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luajit -bl test.lua test.txt # List to test.txt
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luajit -ble "print('hello world')" # List cmdline script
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luajit -b test.lua test.obj # Generate object file
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# Link test.obj with your application and load it with require("test")
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=head2 C<-j cmd[=arg[,arg...]]>
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This option performs a LuaJIT control command or activates one of the
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loadable extension modules. The command is first looked up in the
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C<jit.*> library. If no matching function is found, a module named
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C<jit.E<lt>cmdE<gt>> is loaded and the C<start()> function of the
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module is called with the specified arguments (if any). The space
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between C<-j> and C<cmd> is optional.
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Here are the available LuaJIT control commands:
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=item * C<-jon> E<mdash> Turns the JIT compiler on (default).
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=item * C<-joff> E<mdash> Turns the JIT compiler off (only use the
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interpreter).
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=item * C<-jflush> E<mdash> Flushes the whole cache of compiled code.
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=item * C<-jv> E<mdash> Shows verbose information about the progress of
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the JIT compiler.
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=item * C<-jdump> E<mdash> Dumps the code and structures used in
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various compiler stages.
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=item * C<-jp> E<mdash> Start the integrated profiler.
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The C<-jv> and C<-jdump> commands are extension modules written in Lua.
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They are mainly used for debugging the JIT compiler itself. For a
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description of their options and output format, please read the comment
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block at the start of their source. They can be found in the C<lib>
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directory of the source distribution or installed under the C<jit>
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directory. By default this is C</usr/local/share/luajit-2.0.5/jit> on
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POSIX systems.
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=head2 C<-O[level]>
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C<-O[+]flag> C<-O-flag>
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C<-Oparam=value>
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This options allows fine-tuned control of the optimizations used by the
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JIT compiler. This is mainly intended for debugging LuaJIT itself.
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Please note that the JIT compiler is extremely fast (we are talking
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about the microsecond to millisecond range). Disabling optimizations
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doesn't have any visible impact on its overhead, but usually generates
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code that runs slower.
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The first form sets an optimization level E<mdash> this enables a
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specific mix of optimization flags. C<-O0> turns off all optimizations
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and higher numbers enable more optimizations. Omitting the level (i.e.
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just C<-O>) sets the default optimization level, which is C<-O3> in the
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current version.
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The second form adds or removes individual optimization flags. The
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third form sets a parameter for the VM or the JIT compiler to a
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specific value.
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You can either use this option multiple times (like C<-Ocse -O-dce
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-Ohotloop=10>) or separate several settings with a comma (like
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C<-O+cse,-dce,hotloop=10>). The settings are applied from left to right
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and later settings override earlier ones. You can freely mix the three
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forms, but note that setting an optimization level overrides all
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earlier flags.
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Here are the available flags and at what optimization levels they are
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enabled:
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Flag
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-O1
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-O2
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-O3
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fold
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E<bull>
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E<bull>
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E<bull>
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Constant Folding, Simplifications and Reassociation
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cse
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E<bull>
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E<bull>
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E<bull>
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Common-Subexpression Elimination
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dce
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E<bull>
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E<bull>
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E<bull>
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Dead-Code Elimination
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narrow
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E<bull>
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E<bull>
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Narrowing of numbers to integers
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loop
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E<bull>
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E<bull>
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Loop Optimizations (code hoisting)
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fwd
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E<bull>
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Load Forwarding (L2L) and Store Forwarding (S2L)
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dse
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E<bull>
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Dead-Store Elimination
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abc
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E<bull>
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Array Bounds Check Elimination
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sink
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E<bull>
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Allocation/Store Sinking
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fuse
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E<bull>
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Fusion of operands into instructions
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Here are the parameters and their default settings:
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Parameter
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maxtrace
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1000
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Max. number of traces in the cache
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maxrecord
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4000
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Max. number of recorded IR instructions
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maxirconst
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500
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Max. number of IR constants of a trace
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maxside
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100
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Max. number of side traces of a root trace
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maxsnap
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500
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Max. number of snapshots for a trace
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hotloop
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56
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Number of iterations to detect a hot loop or hot call
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hotexit
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10
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Number of taken exits to start a side trace
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tryside
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4
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Number of attempts to compile a side trace
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instunroll
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4
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Max. unroll factor for instable loops
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loopunroll
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15
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Max. unroll factor for loop ops in side traces
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callunroll
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3
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Max. unroll factor for pseudo-recursive calls
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recunroll
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2
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Min. unroll factor for true recursion
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sizemcode
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32
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Size of each machine code area in KBytes (Windows: 64K)
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maxmcode
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512
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Max. total size of all machine code areas in KBytes
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2017-04-08 22:04:55 +00:00
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Copyright E<copy> 2005-2017 Mike Pall E<middot> Contact
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