From: Alp Mestan <alp@mestan.fr>
To: Romain Bardou <Romain.Bardou@lri.fr>, caml-list@yquem.inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Question about the -dlambda option of ocamlc/ocamlopt
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:07:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cbe39dfc0903250307u527fb3bdx2044f75d3fc6d6ea@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49C9F340.9080400@lri.fr>
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Thanks Romain !
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Romain Bardou <Romain.Bardou@lri.fr>wrote:
> Alp Mestan a écrit :
>
> Hi,
>>
>> I'm currently studying the lambda code generation phase of the standard
>> OCaml compiler.
>>
>> You can take a look at this for an example :
>> http://blog.mestan.fr/2009/03/22/ocaml-and-dlambda-1/
>>
>> I'm wondering what is 'makeblock' for ?
>> And why is there '/<a number>' after every variable/function name ? Isn't
>> the name sufficient for identifying variables ?
>>
>> Thanks !
>>
>
> If I recall correctly, makeblock is for block allocation and is used to
> make empty blocks for everything that does not fit in just one integer.
>
> The /<a number> is used to uniquely identify identifiers. In this example :
>
> let x = 1 in let x = 2 in x
>
> The /<a number> allows you to know which "let" variable is represented by
> the "x" at the end.
>
> --
> Romain Bardou
>
--
Alp Mestan
In charge of the C++ section on Developpez.com.
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2009-03-24 18:30 Alp Mestan
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