[Python-Dev] Suggest reverting today's checkin (recursive constant folding in the peephole optimizer)
Alexander Belopolsky
alexander.belopolsky at gmail.com
Sat Mar 12 03:53:36 CET 2011
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Raymond Hettinger
<raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> wrote:
> Today, there was a significant check-in to the peephole optimizer that I
> think should be reverted:
> http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/14205d0fee45/
+1
I was going to comment on the corresponding issue #11244 more or less
supporting Raymond's arguments. There is no end of optimization ideas
that can be implemented in peephole optimizer. I know this first hand
having implemented several of those that have been ultimately
rejected. At the end of the day, peephole optimizer is a hack that
predates proper AST design. There is no need to continue squeezing
out last drops of juice from 10-year old technology when much better
approach is available with the modern design.
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