RE: Optimizations during compilation

["Nick Trout" <nick@...>]

> On Behalf Of Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo
> Subject: RE: Optimizations during compilation
> No, I don't think these will ever be included in the core code
generator
> to avoid bloat. But that doesn't mean that they cannot be done in luac
> eventually. (luac has in the past done some optimizations, specially
> identification of duplicate constants, but this is now done in the
core.)

I'd be very interested in seeing as many of these optimisations as
possible in luac. I think the decision not to do it in the core is
entirely reasonable. I think most applications that want heavy
optimisation will want to compile offline anyway.

Nick