optimization: inline some things that were procs

src/ndspkg/vm.nim

@@ -51,17 +51,18 @@ proc run*(chunk: Chunk): InterpretResult =
   template popn(stack: var Stack[NdValue], amt: int) =
     stack.deleteTopN(amt)
 
-  proc readUI8(): int =
-    result = ip[].int
+  template readUI8(ip: var ptr uint8): int =
+    let res = ip[].int
     ip = ip.padd(1)
+    res
   
-  proc readDU8(): int =
-    result = ip.DU8ptrToInt
+  template readDU8(ip: var ptr uint8): int =
+    let res = ip.DU8ptrToInt
     ip = ip.padd(argSize)
+    res
 
-  proc readConstant(): NdValue =
-    let index = readDU8()
-    chunk.constants[index]
+  template readConstant(ip: var ptr uint8, chunk: Chunk): NdValue =
+    chunk.constants[ip.readDU8()]
   
   template frameBottom: int = frames.peek().stackBottom
 
@@ -104,13 +105,13 @@ proc run*(chunk: Chunk): InterpretResult =
       of opPop:
         discard stack.pop()
       of opPopA:
-        let amt = readDU8()
+        let amt = ip.readDU8()
         stack.popn(amt)
       of opPopSA:
-        let amt = readUI8()
+        let amt = ip.readUI8()
         stack.popn(amt)
       of opConstant:
-        let val: NdValue = readConstant()
+        let val: NdValue = ip.readConstant(chunk)
         stack.add(val)
       of opNegate:
         let res = stack.peek().negate()
@@ -171,62 +172,62 @@ proc run*(chunk: Chunk): InterpretResult =
       of opPrint:
         echo $stack.peek()
       of opDefineGlobal:
-        let name = readConstant().asString()
-        let existed = globals.tableSet(name.fromNdString(), stack.pop())
+        let name = ip.readConstant(chunk)
+        let existed = globals.tableSet(name, stack.pop())
         if existed:
           runtimeError("Attempt to redefine an existing global variable.")
           break
       of opGetGlobal:
-        let name = readConstant().asString()
+        let name = ip.readConstant(chunk)
         var val: NdValue
-        let existed = globals.tableGet(name.fromNdString(), val)
+        let existed = globals.tableGet(name, val)
         if existed:
           stack.add(val)
         else:
           runtimeError(&"Undefined global variable {name}.")
           break
       of opSetGlobal:
-        let name = readConstant().asString()
-        let existed = globals.tableSet(name.fromNdString(), stack.peek())
+        let name = ip.readConstant(chunk)
+        let existed = globals.tableSet(name, stack.peek())
         if not existed:
           runtimeError("Attempt to redefine an existing global variable.")
           break
       of opGetLocal:
-        let slot = readDU8()
+        let slot = ip.readDU8()
         stack.add(stack[slot + frameBottom])
       of opSetLocal:
-        let slot = readDU8()
+        let slot = ip.readDU8()
         stack[slot + frameBottom] = stack.peek()
       of opGetUpvalue:
         discard
       of opSetUpvalue:
         discard
       of opJumpIfFalse:
-        let offset = readDU8()
+        let offset = ip.readDU8()
         if stack.peek().isFalsey():
           ip = ip.padd(offset)
       of opJumpIfFalsePop:
-        let offset = readDU8()
+        let offset = ip.readDU8()
         if stack.pop().isFalsey():
           ip = ip.padd(offset)
       of opJump:
-        let offset = readDU8()
+        let offset = ip.readDU8()
         ip = ip.padd(offset)
       of opLoop:
-        let offset = readDU8()
+        let offset = ip.readDU8()
         ip = ip.psub(offset)
       of opFunctionDef:
-        let offset = readDU8()
+        let offset = ip.readDU8()
         let faddr: ptr uint8 = ip
         ip = ip.padd(offset)
         stack.push(faddr.fromFunct())
       of opClosure:
-        let offset = readDU8()
+        let offset = ip.readDU8()
         let faddr: ptr uint8 = ip
         ip = ip.padd(offset)
         stack.push(newClosure[NdValue](faddr, 0).fromClosure())
       of opCheckArity:
-        let arity = readUI8()
+        let arity = ip.readUI8()
         let argcount = stack.high() - frameBottom
         if arity != argcount:
           runtimeError(&"Wrong number of arguments, expected {arity}, got {argcount}.")
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ proc run*(chunk: Chunk): InterpretResult =
         # ... <funct obj> <arg1> <arg2> <arg3>
         # opCall converts it to this
         # ... <ret val> <arg1> <arg2> <arg3>
-        let argcount = readUI8()
+        let argcount = ip.readUI8()
         let funct = stack.getIndexNeg(argcount)
 
         stack.setIndexNeg(argcount, fromNil()) # replace the function with nil: this is the return value slot
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ proc run*(chunk: Chunk): InterpretResult =
           break
 
       of opCreateList:
-        let listLen = readDU8()
+        let listLen = ip.readDU8()
         if listLen == 0:
           stack.push(newList[NdValue]().fromList())
         else:
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ proc run*(chunk: Chunk): InterpretResult =
           stack.deleteTopN(listLen)
           stack.push(list.fromList())
       of opCreateTable:
-        let tblLen = readDU8()
+        let tblLen = ip.readDU8()
         var tbl = newNdTable[NdValue, NdValue](tblLen)
         for i in countup(0, tblLen - 1):
           let val = stack.pop()