08:19
Okay, maybe I have been complicating things a bit for SummerCoat. I think the
thing I should do in this case is do the direct stack to register translation
but that code could all exist in the tool-classfile project. It will be like
I planned before, literally a 1:1 mapping of a ClassFile to a
RegisterClassFile. It will be simple. I shall keep a bunch of the Java
semantics accordingly. I will use this as a stepping stone between SpringCoat
and SummerCoat. Or... I could just make it SummerCoat. This simplifies the
scope of SummerCoat and it will be executable faster. I definitely think
simplifying the scope of SummerCoat would be the simplest. Although the thing
is not all projects would need this register translated class file, so it
would be best in another project. But effectively it will be the same exact
thing. This would be the simplest, AutumnCoat can instead become the more
optimized version of the register code once I have figured everything out.
As it stands, take things simpler rather than jumping through too much
complexity.
08:27
Actually, it can be in the same place... Methods have code and for the most
part the only difference between class files and register class files is the
byte code. So I am just going to extend the method stuff so that there is a
RegisterCode that can be obtained from a method. This is the simplest and
reduces so much work that is needed.
08:36
Was thinking of unfolding exceptions but I think that is too complicated. I think what I will need though is a serialization of class files and class files in the register format.
09:04
Okay I just got an idea, for SummerCoat it will be a rewrite/refactor of SpringCoat. Then once that is fully executed it will then use the register based execution method. This way I can have a fully working virtual machine even though it will essentially initially be a duplicate of SpringCoat. I think this is better because I can see how much faster it will be even if it is still stack based. Then I will add an execution engine on top which is able to use the register code format for execution and such. I think this is a good first step duplicating everything because then I can say optimize everything and such. Then I can compound and build on top. Then eventually when AutumnCoat comes around with a more optimized class and register format I can modify SummerCoat to handle that as well.
13:09
I will make a caching suite manager so that class files need not be loaded multiple times and such.
13:56
As an alternative I can pre-lookup references classes in the constant pool instead of performing at run-time or similar. I think the best thing here would be to just that if an instruction uses something like a method it can just load cached information for that instruction point.