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Damien George authored
This is a simple optimisation inspired by JITing technology: we cache in the bytecode (using 1 byte) the offset of the last successful lookup in a map. This allows us next time round to check in that location in the hash table (mp_map_t) for the desired entry, and if it's there use that entry straight away. Otherwise fallback to a normal map lookup. Works for LOAD_NAME, LOAD_GLOBAL, LOAD_ATTR and STORE_ATTR opcodes. On a few tests it gives >90% cache hit and greatly improves speed of code. Disabled by default. Enabled for unix and stmhal ports.
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