Specialize bytecode for pairs()/next() iterator. Speedup: 3.5x.

Parser predict pairs/next and emits specialized bytecode.
Bytecode is descpecialized at runtime if the prediction was wrong.
Store slot index in hidden control var to avoid key lookups.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib_base.c b/src/lib_base.c
index 5f7b059b..8f63effc 100644
--- a/src/lib_base.c
+++ b/src/lib_base.c
@@ -240,6 +240,9 @@ LJLIB_ASM(tostring)		LJLIB_REC(.)
 
 /* -- Base library: iterators --------------------------------------------- */
 
+/* This solves a circular dependency problem -- change FF_next_N as needed. */
+LJ_STATIC_ASSERT((int)FF_next == FF_next_N);
+
 LJLIB_ASM(next)
 {
   lj_lib_checktab(L, 1);