codegen uses alias analysis to generate better code

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/manual.txt b/doc/manual.txt
index 164410a68..97af7fe2a 100755
--- a/doc/manual.txt
+++ b/doc/manual.txt
@@ -1584,6 +1584,11 @@ The implicit initialization can be avoided for optimization reasons with the
   var

     a {.noInit.}: array [0..1023, char] 

 

+If a proc is annotated with the ``noinit`` pragma this refers to its implicit

+``result`` variable:

+

+.. code-block:: nimrod

+  proc returnUndefinedValue: int {.noinit.} = nil

 

 

 let statement

@@ -2849,6 +2854,7 @@ exported.
 The algorithm for compiling modules is:

 

 - compile the whole module as usual, following import statements recursively

+

 - if there is a cycle only import the already parsed symbols (that are

   exported); if an unknown identifier occurs then abort