Re: Using the correct terms LAP vs ELisp Bytecode or something else

Re: Using the correct terms LAP vs ELisp Bytecode or something else

[Rocky Bernstein]

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Thanks for the information...

On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 20:50:28 -0500 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
wrote:

>
> > What's the difference between LAP and Elisp Bytecode (if that is the
> right
> > term)?
> > LAP stands for Lisp Assembly Program, so I imagine that refers  to the
> text
> > representation.
>
> IIRC, LAP code is represented as a list (or is it a vector?) where each
> instruction is represented by a symbol with some arguments.  So it's not
> a textual representation, but it's a "symbolic" representation that's
> fairly easy to manipulate and with many similarities to traditional
> assembly: use of labels instead of actual addresses, use of
> pseudo-instructions (e.g. labels), and things like that.
>

This is the first I am hearing about LAP code being something that is
accessible from Lisp. Where are packages that work with LAP?

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[Stefan Monnier]

> This is the first I am hearing about LAP code being something that is
> accessible from Lisp.  Where are packages that work with LAP?

bytecomp.el, byte-opt.el, and disass.el.  Probably not much more than that.


        Stefan