At 08:50 AM 8/2/2002 -0700, Sean O'Rourke wrote:
> Without performance numbers, this is hard to test, but it can potentially

> turn a single "a = b + c", which is just "add P0, P1, P2" if a, b, and c

> have been referenced, into a hideous five instructions:

> 

>    fetch_lex P0, 'a'     # Because how we store result depends on a's type

>    fetch_lex P1, 'b'

>    fetch_lex P2, 'c'

>    add P0, P1, P2

>    store_lex P0, 'a'


The last instruction (store_lex) isn't needed since P0 is a pointer to the
lexical.

-Melvin