09:39
This minimizer writing is going well, following a good rest.
15:33
Okay so the mimized class for the ByteDeque class is 25K which is pretty
big. Seems most of it is taken up by the code table. I could probably write
the native code a bit more compact. I use shorts for everything but I could
invent a 1 or 2 byte format. Since these values are unsigned, if the highest
bit is set then read another byte. This would reduce the memory requirements
because a single class taking up 25K is quite a bunch!
15:56
Okay so before and after the constant pool shortening:
- Before: 25,256 bytes
- After : 24,944 bytes
So I did not reduce the space much.
16:05
Making the hashCode in STRING just be 16-bits gives me:
- 24,748 bytes
So I think all the space is being taken up by the minimized instructions because there are a ton of 16-bit values.
16:21
I think I need to step away from the minimizer a bit and write a javap
utility. This will be something that will integrate with the class format
code along with the minimizer code. Definitely it should be made to help me
debug the minimized format.
21:17
The good thing about suites is that I do not need the vendor and suite name, so I can use my idea to just keep them as hashcodes and such.