@SlowPath renaming discussion

[Bernhard Urban]

@ExitPartialEvaluator / @ExitPE

fwiw, in pypy there's a @jit.dont_look_inside annotation.

-Bernhard
On Sep 26, 2014 5:30 PM, "Christian Humer" <christian.humer at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I also agree not to use inline. I usually use "guest language inlining" for
> 1), "expansion" for 2) and "host language inlining" for 3).
>
> Will keep the suggestions flowing and will wrap up a vote later on.
>
>
>
> - Christian Humer
>
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Gero Leinemann <gero.leinemann at oracle.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Though I find the simplicity of "@NotInlined" etc. appealing, I'd
> > recommend not to use the word "inline", as this is highly overloaded in
> the
> > Truffle/Graal context:
> > 1. inlining by AST rewriting (language level)
> > 2. inlining during/for PE (Truffle level)
> > 3. inlining done by the compiler (Graal/compiler level)
> > This confused - at least - me quite a bit when I started working at
> FastR.
> >
> > What about @StopPE?
> >
> > Best,
> > Gero
> >
> > Am 26.09.2014 um 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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