Re: Why Ruby do not optimize code at all?

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Jason Roelofs <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Heesob Park <[e-mail]> wrote:
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  >  I do not undertand why ruby doesn't do any optimization at all during
>  >  parsing time.
>  >  Some optimization maybe affects debugging process.
>  >  Nevertheless, it seems "Constant folding" is not harmful but helpful.
>  >  I tried some pre-evaluation of constant or literal nodes in parsing
>  >  time.
>  >
>  >  Consider this code
>  >
>  >  i = 320 * 200 * 32
>  >
>  >  Original ruby-1.8.6 parsed it like this:
>  >
>  >   0:[NODE_BLOCK],0xb7f93ce4,p1:-9,p2:12,p3:1}
>  >    -9:[NODE_NEWLINE],0xb7f93d98,u1:0,u2:1,p3:-17}
>  >      -17:[NODE_LASGN],0xb7f93e38,u1:10473,p2:-10,u3:2}
>  >        -10:[NODE_CALL],0xb7f93dac,p1:-13,u2:42,p3:-11}
>  >          -13:[NODE_CALL],0xb7f93de8,p1:-16,u2:42,p3:-14}
>  >            -16:[NODE_LIT],0xb7f93e24,u1:641,u2:0,u3:0}
>  >            -14:[NODE_ARRAY],0xb7f93dfc,p1:-15,u2:1,u3:0}
>  >              -15:[NODE_LIT],0xb7f93e10,u1:401,u2:0,u3:0}
>  >          -11:[NODE_ARRAY],0xb7f93dc0,p1:-12,u2:1,u3:0}
>  >            -12:[NODE_LIT],0xb7f93dd4,u1:65,u2:0,u3:0}
>  >
>  >  My modified ruby parsed it like this:
>  >
>  >   0:[NODE_BLOCK],0xb7f5cd0c,p1:-9,p2:12,p3:1}
>  >    -9:[NODE_NEWLINE],0xb7f5cdc0,u1:0,u2:1,p3:-15}
>  >      -15:[NODE_LASGN],0xb7f5ce38,u1:10473,p2:-10,u3:2}
>  >        -10:[NODE_LIT],0xb7f5cdd4,u1:4096001,u2:0,u3:0}
>  >
>  >  A little more complex code
>  >
>  >  c = (12-3) * Math.sin(100) + 1.300 * (2 + 3) * Math.log(100)
>  >
>  >  Original parser:
>  >   0:[NODE_BLOCK],0xb7f35b08,p1:-9,p2:1,p3:1}
>  >    -9:[NODE_NEWLINE],0xb7f35bbc,u1:0,u2:4,p3:-38}
>  >      -38:[NODE_LASGN],0xb7f35e00,u1:10473,p2:-10,u3:2}
>  >        -10:[NODE_CALL],0xb7f35bd0,p1:-27,u2:43,p3:-11}
>  >          -27:[NODE_CALL],0xb7f35d24,p1:-33,u2:42,p3:-28}
>  >            -33:[NODE_NEWLINE],0xb7f35d9c,u1:0,u2:4,p3:-34}
>  >              -34:[NODE_CALL],0xb7f35db0,p1:-37,u2:45,p3:-35}
>  >                -37:[NODE_LIT],0xb7f35dec,u1:25,u2:0,u3:0}
>  >                -35:[NODE_ARRAY],0xb7f35dc4,p1:-36,u2:1,u3:0}
>  >                  -36:[NODE_LIT],0xb7f35dd8,u1:7,u2:0,u3:0}
>  >            -28:[NODE_ARRAY],0xb7f35d38,p1:-29,u2:1,u3:0}
>  >              -29:[NODE_CALL],0xb7f35d4c,p1:-32,u2:9961,p3:-30}
>  >                -32:[NODE_CONST],0xb7f35d88,u1:9925,u2:0,u3:0}
>  >                -30:[NODE_ARRAY],0xb7f35d60,p1:-31,u2:1,u3:0}
>  >                  -31:[NODE_LIT],0xb7f35d74,u1:201,u2:0,u3:0}
>  >          -11:[NODE_ARRAY],0xb7f35be4,p1:-12,u2:1,u3:0}
>  >            -12:[NODE_CALL],0xb7f35bf8,p1:-18,u2:42,p3:-13}
>  >              -18:[NODE_CALL],0xb7f35c70,p1:-25,u2:42,p3:-19}
>  >                -25:[NODE_LIT],0xb7f35cfc,p1:-26,u2:0,u3:0}
>  >                -19:[NODE_ARRAY],0xb7f35c84,p1:-20,u2:1,u3:0}
>  >                  -20:[NODE_NEWLINE],0xb7f35c98,u1:0,u2:4,p3:-21}
>  >                    -21:[NODE_CALL],0xb7f35cac,p1:-24,u2:43,p3:-22}
>  >                      -24:[NODE_LIT],0xb7f35ce8,u1:5,u2:0,u3:0}
>  >                      -22:[NODE_ARRAY],0xb7f35cc0,p1:-23,u2:1,u3:0}
>  >                        -23:[NODE_LIT],0xb7f35cd4,u1:7,u2:0,u3:0}
>  >              -13:[NODE_ARRAY],0xb7f35c0c,p1:-14,u2:1,u3:0}
>  >                -14:[NODE_CALL],0xb7f35c20,p1:-17,u2:10057,p3:-15}
>  >                  -17:[NODE_CONST],0xb7f35c5c,u1:9925,u2:0,u3:0}
>  >                  -15:[NODE_ARRAY],0xb7f35c34,p1:-16,u2:1,u3:0}
>  >                    -16:[NODE_LIT],0xb7f35c48,u1:201,u2:0,u3:0}
>  >  Modified parser:
>  >   0:[NODE_BLOCK],0xb7f0fae8,p1:-9,p2:1,p3:1}
>  >    -9:[NODE_NEWLINE],0xb7f0fb9c,u1:0,u2:4,p3:-40}
>  >      -40:[NODE_LASGN],0xb7f0fe08,u1:10473,p2:-10,u3:2}
>  >        -10:[NODE_LIT],0xb7f0fbb0,p1:-11,u2:0,u3:0}
>  >
>  >  String operation code
>  >  s = ("hello " + "world ")*100
>  >
>  >  Original parser:
>  >   0:[NODE_BLOCK],0xb7fa4c74,p1:-11,p2:1,p3:1}
>  >    -11:[NODE_NEWLINE],0xb7fa4d50,u1:0,u2:2,p3:-22}
>  >      -22:[NODE_LASGN],0xb7fa4e2c,u1:10473,p2:-12,u3:2}
>  >        -12:[NODE_CALL],0xb7fa4d64,p1:-15,u2:42,p3:-13}
>  >          -15:[NODE_NEWLINE],0xb7fa4da0,u1:0,u2:2,p3:-16}
>  >            -16:[NODE_CALL],0xb7fa4db4,p1:-19,u2:43,p3:-21}
>  >              -19:[NODE_STR],0xb7fa4df0,p1:-20,u2:0,u3:0}
>  >              -21:[NODE_ARRAY],0xb7fa4e18,p1:-17,u2:1,u3:0}
>  >                -17:[NODE_STR],0xb7fa4dc8,p1:-18,u2:0,u3:0}
>  >          -13:[NODE_ARRAY],0xb7fa4d78,p1:-14,u2:1,u3:0}
>  >            -14:[NODE_LIT],0xb7fa4d8c,u1:2001,u2:0,u3:0}
>  >
>  >  Modified parser:
>  >    0:[NODE_BLOCK],0xb7efdc6c,p1:-11,p2:1,p3:1}
>  >    -11:[NODE_NEWLINE],0xb7efdd48,u1:0,u2:2,p3:-22}
>  >      -22:[NODE_LASGN],0xb7efde24,u1:10473,p2:-12,u3:2}
>  >        -12:[NODE_STR],0xb7efdd5c,p1:-13,u2:0,u3:0}
>  >
>  >  In the loop it make considerable difference
>  >  With the code
>  >  for i in 1..10000
>  >   s = "hello"*10000
>  >  end
>  >  puts s
>  >
>  >  Original ruby:
>  >  real    0m2.591s
>  >  user    0m2.579s
>  >  sys     0m0.013s
>  >
>  >  Modified ruby:
>  >  real    0m0.010s
>  >  user    0m0.007s
>  >  sys     0m0.003s
>  >
>  >  What do you think of the minimum optimization?
>  >
>  >  Regards,
>  >
>  >  Park Heesob
>  >  --
>  >  Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>  >
>  >
>
>  I guess the first question is does Ruby with your parser changes pass
>  all the tests?
>
>  Second, could you post a patch for people to try out and evaluate?
>  We'll need to see the actual code to really evaluate if you've got
>  something here.
>
>  Jason
>

Oh, and this belongs in the Ruby Core mailing list.

Jason