doc/guide/src/Chunkify.adoc

   1 Chunkify
   2 ========
   3
   4 <:Chunkify:> is an analysis pass for the <:RSSA:>
   5 <:IntermediateLanguage:>, invoked from <:ToMachine:>.
   6
   7 == Description ==
   8
   9 It partitions all the labels (function and block) in an <:RSSA:>
  10 program into disjoint sets, referred to as chunks.
  11
  12 == Implementation ==
  13
  14 * <!ViewGitFile(mlton,master,mlton/backend/chunkify.sig)>
  15 * <!ViewGitFile(mlton,master,mlton/backend/chunkify.fun)>
  16
  17 == Details and Notes ==
  18
  19 Breaking large <:RSSA:> functions into chunks is necessary for
  20 reasonable compile times with the <:CCodegen:> and the <:LLVMCodegen:>.