Disabled by default.  Enabled on unix and windows ports.

Disabled by default.  Enabled on unix and stmhal ports.

Given that there's already support for "fixed table" maps, which are
essentially ordered maps, the implementation of OrderedDict just extends
"fixed table" maps by adding an "is ordered" flag and add/remove
operations, and reuses 95% of objdict code, just making methods tolerant
to both dict and OrderedDict.

Some things are missing so far, like CPython-compatible repr and comparison.

OrderedDict is Disabled by default; enabled on unix and stmhal ports.

These allow to fine-tune the compiler to select whether it optimises
tuple assignments of the form a, b = c, d and a, b, c = d, e, f.
Sensible defaults are provided.

This is rarely used feature which takes enough code to implement, so is
controlled by MICROPY_PY_ARRAY_SLICE_ASSIGN config setting, default off.
But otherwise it may be useful, as allows to update arbitrary-sized data
buffers in-place.

Slice is yet to implement, and actually, slice assignment implemented in
such a way that RHS of assignment should be array of the exact same item
typecode as LHS. CPython has it more relaxed, where RHS can be any sequence
of compatible types (e.g. it's possible to assign list of int's to a
bytearray slice).

Overall, when all "slice write" features are implemented, it may cost ~1KB
of code.

This function is only used when DEBUG_PRINTERS and USE_RULE_NAME are
enabled.

The implementation of these functions is very large (order 4k) and they
are rarely used, so we don't enable them by default.

They are however enabled in stmhal and unix, since we have the room.

Only modules (not packages) supported now. Source modules can be converted
to frozen module structures using tools/make-frozen.py script.

pyexec_friendly_repl_process_char() and friends, useful for ports which
integrate into existing cooperative multitasking system.

Unlike readline() refactor before, this was implemented in less formal,
trial&error process, minor functionality regressions are still known
(like soft&hard reset support). So, original loop-based pyexec_friendly_repl()
is left intact, specific implementation selectable by config setting.

Native code has GC-heap pointers in it so it must be scanned.  But on
unix port memory for native functions is mmap'd, and so it must have
explicit code to scan it for root pointers.

This new config option sets how many fixed-number-of-bytes to use to
store the length of each qstr.  Previously this was hard coded to 2,
but, as per issue #1056, this is considered overkill since no-one
needs identifiers longer than 255 bytes.

With this patch the number of bytes for the length is configurable, and
defaults to 1 byte.  The configuration option filters through to the
makeqstrdata.py script.

Code size savings going from 2 to 1 byte:
- unix x64 down by 592 bytes
- stmhal down by 1148 bytes
- bare-arm down by 284 bytes

Also has RAM savings, and will be slightly more efficient in execution.

Compiler optimises lookup of module.CONST when enabled (an existing
feature).  Disabled by default; enabled for unix, windows, stmhal.
Costs about 100 bytes ROM on stmhal.

This allows to enable mem-info functions in micropython module, even if
MICROPY_MEM_STATS is not enabled.  In this case, you get mem_info and
qstr_info but not mem_{total,current,peak}.

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.

This patch consolidates all global variables in py/ core into one place,
in a global structure.  Root pointers are all located together to make
GC tracing easier and more efficient.

Adds just 60 bytes to stmhal binary.  Addresses issue #362.

This patch adds a configuration option (MICROPY_CAN_OVERRIDE_BUILTINS)
which, when enabled, allows to override all names within the builtins
module.  A builtins override dict is created the first time the user
assigns to a name in the builtins model, and then that dict is searched
first on subsequent lookups.  Note that this implementation doesn't
allow deleting of names.

This patch also does some refactoring of builtins code, creating the
modbuiltins.c file.

Addresses issue #959.

Going from MICROPY_ERROR_REPORTING_NORMAL to
MICROPY_ERROR_REPORTING_TERSE now saves 2020 bytes ROM for ARM Thumb2,
and 2200 bytes ROM for 32-bit x86.

This is about a 2.5% code size reduction for bare-arm.

For this, introduce MICROPY_MODULE_DICT_SIZE config setting.

Use it like:

make CFLAGS_EXTRA='-DMP_CONFIGFILE="<mpconfigport_my.h>"'

This should be pretty compliant with CPython, except perhaps for some
corner cases to do with globals/locals context.

Addresses issue #879.

With this patch a port can enable module weak link support and provide
a dict of qstr->module mapping.  This mapping is looked up only if an
import fails to find the requested module in the filesystem.

This allows to have the builtin module named, eg, usocket, and provide
a weak link of "socket" to the same module, but this weak link can be
overridden if a file by the name "socket.py" is found in the import
path.

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