@SlowPath renaming discussion

[Manuel Rigger]

Hi,

having a method annotated as a "boundary" leaves open where the exact 
boundary for the PE is. Some user might think that the PE might still 
evaluate the method but does not continue from there.

I think the name should include "Partial Evaluation". I guess that a 
user will already have some idea about partial evaluation if he/she uses 
the annotation. To try to come up with a simpler name will probably make 
the naming more fuzzy. Instead of talking about the abstract concept 
"Partial Evaluation" we would have to put somehow inside what Truffle 
_does not do_ but Graal still _could do_, i.e., inlining.

I thus have these additional suggestions:

@CutoffPartialEvaluator (or simply @CutPartialEvaluation as in the 
Prolog Cut operator)
@PartialEvaluationInvisible

- Manuel



Am 26.09.2014 16:49, schrieb Chris Seaton:
> What about something less Truffle specific? What about @StopInlining, @NotInlined or @DontInline?
>
> On 26 Sep 2014, at 15:28, Michael Haupt <michael.haupt at oracle.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Christian,
>>
>> Am 26.09.2014 um 16:11 schrieb Christian Humer <christian.humer at gmail.com>:
>> I would suggest these names:
>> @Boundary
>> @TruffleBoundary
>> @PartialEvaluationBoundary (or @PEBoundary)
>>
>> Please add more suggestions and vote for whatever you think is best.
>>
>> I'll try to first give my rationale for how I try to come up with a name. It should express the intent of the annotation with regard to the method it is attached to, at a level that is understandable by a Truffle user.
>>
>> Applying this, and note that this is purely my personal view, @Boundary is a bit too fuzzy; @TruffleBoundary is more apt, but regarding a method as a boundary is a bit odd; and @PEBoundary is rather technical (not focused on the user).
>>
>> Alternative suggestions (more may be coming): @TruffleInterpreted, @TruffleInterpretOnly. (Prepending "Truffle" should indicate that the method is not exempt from compilation.)
>>
>> If the technical stance of @PartialEvaluationBoundary is agreeable but the name is too long, how about @NoPE? ;-)
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Michael
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