From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from localhost (dcvr.yhbt.net [127.0.0.1]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EE111F934 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 2021 21:51:44 +0000 (UTC) From: Eric Wong To: meta@public-inbox.org Subject: [PATCH 1/4] HACKING: use "just-ahead-of-time" to describe Inline::C Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2021 15:51:41 -0600 Message-Id: <20210203215144.21535-2-e@80x24.org> In-Reply-To: <20210203215144.21535-1-e@80x24.org> References: <20210203215144.21535-1-e@80x24.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit List-Id: Inline::C works during module load time, so "just-ahead-of-time" is a better description of it than "just-in-time". I don't think "JAOT" is a well-known enough acronym, so it's worth spelling it out. --- HACKING | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index 74a3096f..fbcfb552 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ the shiny new. Avoid relying on compiled modules too much. Even if it is Free, compiled code makes packages more expensive to audit, build, distribute and verify. public-inbox itself will only be implemented -in scripting languages (currently Perl 5) and optional JIT-compiled C -(via Inline::C) +in scripting languages (currently Perl 5) and optional +Just-Ahead-of-Time-compiled C (via Inline::C) Do not recurse on user-supplied data. Neither Perl or C handle deep recursion gracefully. See lib/PublicInbox/SearchThread.pm