2022/07/31

23:06

Okay so I have an idea for the compiler backends and such, as has been in my mind for awhile I am going to do two layers: An upper layer which just makes Java byte code but is stack cached, tableswitch/lookupswitch translated to an code based LUT and lookup, and exception handling that is done by I suppose this time exception entry and exit so that I can have a generic exception handler and jump code. Also synchronized methods with their implicit code and such. This layer is called SummerCoat.

The exception handler and jump code will just for the most part just be like an indicator that we care about some exceptions, then if any happen the exception stack or similar is checked for handling. At least with two stacks things seem a bit simpler to manager I suppose. Exception handling is really only the majorly complex bit of code. Then of course there are synchronized methods. Hopefully when an exception is handled this makes it easier rather than keeping exact track of all the exceptions that are handled. This will also handle state jumps and transitions between states, which was a very complicated part of SummerCoat... and I hope I can do it simpler and easier this time around.

Then the second layer will be called AutumnCoat, it is responsible for turning the more-like-Java instructions and turning it into an intermediate language that is much closer to machine code but not quite there. Since the other layer manages exceptions, stack caching, and otherwise it should be simpler as the only thing that would need to be done is handling mappings of all the various live registers and ones sitting on the stack.

Hopefully with these two layers things are much more simplified and the previous SummerCoat is not extremely complex because it was doing both at once. I would say simpler is better always.

Of course this would be a new branch and work, but it should hopefully go fine and whatnot I hope. Hopefully it is much faster and is much simpler apart from some initial setup.