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⚡ Bolt: [performance improvement] Remove redundant function lookup in VM loop - #27

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⚡ Bolt: [performance improvement] Remove redundant function lookup in VM loop#27
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💡 What:
Removed repeated lookup of &self.module.functions[self.frames.last().unwrap().function_idx as usize] and self.frames.last().unwrap().base_pointer from the main VM instruction execution loop in executor.rs. These were replaced with references to the local func and frame.base_pointer variables which are already safely computed at the start of the while block.

🎯 Why:
The inner execution loop is extremely hot. Reducing repeated array indexing, bounds checking, and pointer dereferencing on self.frames.last() saves cycles in frequently used opcodes like LoadConst, FieldLoad, FieldStore, LoadLocal, and StoreLocal.

📊 Impact:
Minor but measurable execution time improvements. Fib(25) recursive execution test on the VM backend showed a consistent drop in execution time from ~188ms to ~180ms.

🔬 Measurement:
Run cargo bench -p techscript_vm or cargo run --release --bin tsc -- benchmark.


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Tcode-Motion marked this pull request as ready for review August 25, 2026 05:29
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