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authorKartik Agaram <vc@akkartik.com>2020-03-07 17:32:39 -0800
committerKartik Agaram <vc@akkartik.com>2020-03-07 17:40:45 -0800
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tree4982565ff8b289847c1c263f4d9aeb3c2360b98b /apps/survey
parent9ee4b34e068550462d440ebc522c7e8ad0c0f2e6 (diff)
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6094 - new 'compute-offset' instruction
If indexing into a type with power-of-2-sized elements we can access them
in one instruction:

  x/reg1: (addr int) <- index A/reg2: (addr array int), idx/reg3: int

This translates to a single instruction because x86 instructions support
an addressing mode with left-shifts.

For non-powers-of-2, however, we need a multiply. To keep things type-safe,
it is performed like this:

  x/reg1: (offset T) <- compute-offset A: (addr array T), idx: int
  y/reg2: (addr T) <- index A, x

An offset is just an int that is guaranteed to be a multiple of size-of(T).
Offsets can only be used in index instructions, and the types will eventually
be required to line up.

In the process, I have to expand Input-size because mu.subx is growing
big.
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