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1 =head1 NAME
2
3 Faster - do some things faster
4
5 =head1 SYNOPSIS
6
7 use Faster;
8
9 perl -MFaster ...
10
11 =head1 DESCRIPTION
12
13 This module implements a very simple-minded "JIT" (or actually AIT, ahead
14 of time compiler). It works by more or less translating every function it
15 sees into a C program, compiling it and then replacing the function by the
16 compiled code.
17
18 As a result, startup times are immense, as every function might lead to a
19 full-blown compilation.
20
21 The speed improvements are also not great, you can expect 20% or so on
22 average, for code that runs very often. The reason for this is that data
23 handling is mostly being done by the same old code, it just gets called
24 a bit faster. Regexes and string operations won't get faster. Airhtmetic
25 doresn't become any faster. Just the operands and other stuff is put on
26 the stack faster, and the opcodes themselves have a bit less overhead.
27
28 Faster is in the early stages of development. Due to its design its
29 relatively safe to use (it will either work or simply slowdown the program
30 immensely, but rarely cause bugs).
31
32 More intelligent algorithms (loop optimisation, type inference) could
33 improve that easily, but requires a much more elaborate presentation and
34 optimiser than what is in place. There are no plans to improve Faster in
35 this way, yet, but it would provide a reasonably good place to start.
36
37 Usage is very easy, just C<use Faster> and every function called from then
38 on will be compiled.
39
40 Right now, Faster can leave lots of F<*.c> and F<*.so> files in your
41 F<$FASTER_CACHEDIR> (by default F<$HOME/.perl-faster-cache>), and it will
42 even create those temporary files in an insecure manner, so watch out.
43
44 =over 4
45
46 =cut
47
48 package Faster;
49
50 no warnings;
51
52 use strict;
53 use Config;
54 use B ();
55 use DynaLoader ();
56 use Digest::MD5 ();
57 use Storable ();
58 use Fcntl ();
59
60 BEGIN {
61 our $VERSION = '0.01';
62
63 require XSLoader;
64 XSLoader::load __PACKAGE__, $VERSION;
65 }
66
67 my $CACHEDIR =
68 $ENV{FASTER_CACHE}
69 || (exists $ENV{HOME} && "$ENV{HOME}/.perl-faster-cache")
70 || do {
71 require File::Temp;
72 File::Temp::tempdir (CLEANUP => 1)
73 };
74
75 my $COMPILE = "$Config{cc} -c -I$Config{archlibexp}/CORE $Config{optimize} $Config{ccflags} $Config{cccdlflags}";
76 my $LINK = "$Config{ld} $Config{ldflags} $Config{lddlflags} $Config{ccdlflags}";
77 my $LIBS = "$Config{libs}";
78 my $_o = $Config{_o};
79 my $_so = ".so";
80
81 # we don't need no steenking PIC on x86
82 $COMPILE =~ s/-f(?:PIC|pic)//g
83 if $Config{archname} =~ /^(i[3456]86)-/;
84
85 my $opt_assert = $ENV{FASTER_DEBUG} > 1;
86 my $verbose = $ENV{FASTER_VERBOSE}+0;
87
88 warn "Faster: CACHEDIR is $CACHEDIR\n" if $verbose > 2;
89
90 our $source;
91
92 our @ops;
93 our $insn;
94 our $op;
95 our $op_name;
96 our @op_loop;
97 our %op_regcomp;
98
99 # ops that cause immediate return to the interpreter
100 my %f_unsafe = map +($_ => undef), qw(
101 leavesub leavesublv return
102 goto last redo next
103 eval flip leaveeval entertry
104 formline grepstart mapstart
105 substcont entereval require
106 );
107
108 # ops with known stack extend behaviour
109 # the values given are maximum values
110 my %extend = (
111 pushmark => 0,
112 nextstate => 0, # might reduce the stack
113 unstack => 0,
114 enter => 0,
115
116 stringify => 0,
117 not => 0,
118 and => 0,
119 or => 0,
120 gvsv => 0,
121 rv2gv => 0,
122 preinc => 0,
123 predec => 0,
124 postinc => 0,
125 postdec => 0,
126 aelem => 0,
127 helem => 0,
128 qr => 1, #???
129 pushre => 1,
130 gv => 1,
131 aelemfast => 1,
132 aelem => 0,
133 padsv => 1,
134 const => 1,
135 pop => 1,
136 shift => 1,
137 eq => -1,
138 ne => -1,
139 gt => -1,
140 lt => -1,
141 ge => -1,
142 lt => -1,
143 cond_expr => -1,
144 add => -1,
145 subtract => -1,
146 multiply => -1,
147 divide => -1,
148 aassign => 0,
149 sassign => -2,
150 method => 0,
151 method_named => 1,
152 );
153
154 # ops that do not need an ASYNC_CHECK
155 my %f_noasync = map +($_ => undef), qw(
156 mapstart grepstart match entereval
157 enteriter entersub leaveloop
158
159 pushmark nextstate caller
160
161 const stub unstack
162 last next redo goto seq
163 padsv padav padhv padany
164 aassign sassign orassign
165 rv2av rv2cv rv2gv rv2hv refgen
166 gv gvsv
167 add subtract multiply divide
168 complement cond_expr and or not
169 bit_and bit_or bit_xor
170 defined
171 method method_named bless
172 preinc postinc predec postdec
173 aelem aelemfast helem delete exists
174 pushre subst list lslice join split concat
175 length substr stringify ord
176 push pop shift unshift
177 eq ne gt lt ge le
178 regcomp regcreset regcmaybe
179 );
180
181 my %callop = (
182 entersub => "(PL_op->op_ppaddr) (aTHX)",
183 mapstart => "Perl_pp_grepstart (aTHX)",
184 );
185
186 sub callop {
187 $callop{$op_name} || "Perl_pp_$op_name (aTHX)"
188 }
189
190 sub assert {
191 return unless $opt_assert;
192 $source .= " assert ((\"$op_name\", ($_[0])));\n";
193 }
194
195 sub out_callop {
196 assert "nextop == (OP *)$$op";
197 $source .= " PL_op = nextop; nextop = " . (callop $op) . ";\n";
198 }
199
200 sub out_cond_jump {
201 $source .= " if (nextop == (OP *)${$_[0]}L) goto op_${$_[0]};\n";
202 }
203
204 sub out_jump_next {
205 out_cond_jump $op_regcomp{$$op}
206 if $op_regcomp{$$op};
207
208 assert "nextop == (OP *)${$op->next}";
209 $source .= " goto op_${$op->next};\n";
210 }
211
212 sub out_next {
213 $source .= " nextop = (OP *)${$op->next}L;\n";
214
215 out_jump_next;
216 }
217
218 sub out_linear {
219 out_callop;
220 out_jump_next;
221 }
222
223 sub op_entersub {
224 out_callop;
225 $source .= " RUNOPS_TILL ((OP *)${$op->next}L);\n";
226 out_jump_next;
227 }
228
229 *op_require = \&op_entersub;
230
231 sub op_nextstate {
232 $source .= " PL_curcop = (COP *)nextop;\n";
233 $source .= " PL_stack_sp = PL_stack_base + cxstack[cxstack_ix].blk_oldsp;\n";
234 $source .= " FREETMPS;\n";
235
236 out_next;
237 }
238
239 sub op_pushmark {
240 $source .= " faster_PUSHMARK (PL_stack_sp);\n";
241
242 out_next;
243 }
244
245 if ($Config{useithreads} ne "define") {
246 # disable optimisations on ithreads
247
248 *op_const = sub {
249 $source .= " { dSP; PUSHs ((SV *)${$op->sv}L); PUTBACK; }\n";
250
251 $ops[0]{follows_const}++ if @ops;#d#
252
253 out_next;
254 };
255
256 *op_gv = \&op_const;
257
258 *op_aelemfast = sub {
259 my $targ = $op->targ;
260 my $private = $op->private;
261
262 $source .= " {\n";
263
264 if ($op->flags & B::OPf_SPECIAL) {
265 $source .= " AV *av = (AV*)PAD_SV((PADOFFSET)$targ);\n";
266 } else {
267 $source .= " AV *av = GvAV ((GV *)${$op->sv}L);\n";
268 }
269
270 if ($op->flags & B::OPf_MOD) {
271 $source .= " SV *sv = *av_fetch (av, $private, 1);\n";
272 } else {
273 $source .= " SV **svp = av_fetch (av, $private, 0); SV *sv = svp ? *svp : &PL_sv_undef;\n";
274 }
275
276 if (!($op->flags & B::OPf_MOD)) {
277 $source .= " if (SvGMAGICAL (sv)) sv = sv_mortalcopy (sv);\n";
278 }
279
280 $source .= " dSP;\n";
281 $source .= " PUSHs (sv);\n";
282 $source .= " PUTBACK;\n";
283 $source .= " }\n";
284
285 out_next;
286 };
287
288 *op_gvsv = sub {
289 $source .= " {\n";
290 $source .= " dSP;\n";
291
292 if ($op->private & B::OPpLVAL_INTRO) {
293 $source .= " PUSHs (save_scalar ((GV *)${$op->sv}L));\n";
294 } else {
295 $source .= " PUSHs (GvSV ((GV *)${$op->sv}L));\n";
296 }
297
298 $source .= " PUTBACK;\n";
299 $source .= " }\n";
300
301 out_next;
302 };
303 }
304
305 # does kill Crossfire/res2pm
306 sub op_stringify {
307 my $targ = $op->targ;
308
309 $source .= <<EOF;
310 {
311 dSP;
312 SV *targ = PAD_SV ((PADOFFSET)$targ);
313 sv_copypv (TARG, TOPs);
314 SETTARG;
315 PUTBACK;
316 }
317 EOF
318
319 out_next;
320 }
321
322 sub op_and {
323 $source .= <<EOF;
324 {
325 dSP;
326
327 if (SvTRUE (TOPs))
328 {
329 --SP;
330 PUTBACK;
331 nextop = (OP *)${$op->other}L;
332 goto op_${$op->other};
333 }
334 }
335 EOF
336
337 out_next;
338 }
339
340 sub op_or {
341 $source .= <<EOF;
342 {
343 dSP;
344
345 if (!SvTRUE (TOPs))
346 {
347 --SP;
348 PUTBACK;
349 nextop = (OP *)${$op->other}L;
350 goto op_${$op->other};
351 }
352 }
353 EOF
354
355 out_next;
356 }
357
358 sub op_padsv {
359 my $flags = $op->flags;
360 my $padofs = "(PADOFFSET)" . $op->targ;
361
362 $source .= <<EOF;
363 {
364 dSP;
365 SV *sv = PAD_SVl ($padofs);
366 EOF
367
368 if (($flags & B::OPf_MOD) && ($op->private & B::OPpLVAL_INTRO)) {
369 $source .= " SAVECLEARSV (PAD_SVl ($padofs));\n";
370 $ops[0]{follows_padsv_lval_intro}++ if @ops;#d#
371 }
372
373 $source .= <<EOF;
374 PUSHs (sv);
375 PUTBACK;
376 EOF
377
378 if (($flags & B::OPf_MOD) && ($op->private & B::OPpDEREF)) {
379 $source .= " if (!SvROK (sv)) vivify_ref (sv, " . $op->private . " & OPpDEREF);\n";
380 }
381 $source .= " }\n";
382
383 out_next;
384 }
385
386 sub op_sassign {
387 $source .= <<EOF;
388 {
389 dSP;
390 dPOPTOPssrl;
391 EOF
392 $source .= " SV *temp = left; left = right; right = temp;\n"
393 if $op->private & B::OPpASSIGN_BACKWARDS;
394
395 if ($insn->{follows_padsv_lval_intro} && !($op->private & B::OPpASSIGN_BACKWARDS)) {
396 # simple assignment - the target exists, but is basically undef
397 $source .= " SvSetSV (right, left);\n";
398 } else {
399 $source .= " SvSetMagicSV (right, left);\n";
400 }
401
402 $source .= <<EOF;
403 SETs (right);
404 PUTBACK;
405 }
406 EOF
407
408 out_next;
409 }
410
411 # pattern const+ (or general push1)
412 # pattern pushmark gv rv2av pushmark padsv+o.ä. aassign
413
414 sub op_method_named {
415 if ($insn->{follows_const}) {
416 $source .= <<EOF;
417 {
418 dSP;
419 static SV *last_cv;
420 static U32 last_sub_generation;
421
422 /* simple "polymorphic" inline cache */
423 if (PL_sub_generation == last_sub_generation)
424 {
425 PUSHs (last_cv);
426 PUTBACK;
427 }
428 else
429 {
430 PL_op = nextop; nextop = Perl_pp_method_named (aTHX);
431
432 SPAGAIN;
433 last_sub_generation = PL_sub_generation;
434 last_cv = TOPs;
435 }
436 }
437 EOF
438 } else {
439 $source .= <<EOF;
440 {
441 static HV *last_stash;
442 static SV *last_cv;
443 static U32 last_sub_generation;
444
445 SV *obj = *(PL_stack_base + TOPMARK + 1);
446
447 if (!SvGMAGICAL (obj) && SvROK (obj) && SvOBJECT (SvRV (obj)))
448 {
449 dSP;
450 HV *stash = SvSTASH (SvRV (obj));
451
452 /* simple "polymorphic" inline cache */
453 if (stash == last_stash
454 && PL_sub_generation == last_sub_generation)
455 {
456 PUSHs (last_cv);
457 PUTBACK;
458 }
459 else
460 {
461 PL_op = nextop; nextop = Perl_pp_method_named (aTHX);
462
463 SPAGAIN;
464 last_sub_generation = PL_sub_generation;
465 last_stash = stash;
466 last_cv = TOPs;
467 }
468 }
469 else
470 {
471 /* error case usually */
472 PL_op = nextop; nextop = Perl_pp_method_named (aTHX);
473 }
474 }
475 EOF
476 }
477
478 out_next;
479 }
480
481 sub op_grepstart {
482 out_callop;
483 $op = $op->next;
484 out_cond_jump $op->other;
485 out_jump_next;
486 }
487
488 *op_mapstart = \&op_grepstart;
489
490 sub op_substcont {
491 out_callop;
492 out_cond_jump $op->other->pmreplstart;
493 assert "nextop == (OP *)${$op->other->next}L";
494 $source .= " goto op_${$op->other->next};\n";
495 }
496
497 sub out_break_op {
498 my ($idx) = @_;
499
500 out_callop;
501
502 out_cond_jump $_->[$idx]
503 for reverse @op_loop;
504
505 $source .= " return nextop;\n";
506 }
507
508 sub xop_next {
509 out_break_op 0;
510 }
511
512 sub op_last {
513 out_break_op 1;
514 }
515
516 sub xop_redo {
517 out_break_op 2;
518 }
519
520 sub cv2c {
521 my ($cv) = @_;
522
523 local @ops;
524 local @op_loop;
525 local %op_regcomp;
526
527 my %opsseen;
528 my @todo = $cv->START;
529 my %op_target;
530 my $numpushmark;
531
532 while (my $op = shift @todo) {
533 for (; $$op; $op = $op->next) {
534 last if $opsseen{$$op}++;
535
536 my $name = $op->name;
537 my $class = B::class $op;
538
539 my $insn = { op => $op };
540
541 push @ops, $insn;
542
543 if (exists $extend{$name}) {
544 my $extend = $extend{$name};
545 $extend = $extend->($op) if ref $extend;
546 $insn->{extend} = $extend if defined $extend;
547 }
548
549 push @todo, $op->next;
550
551 if ($class eq "LOGOP") {
552 push @todo, $op->other;
553 $op_target{${$op->other}}++;
554
555 # regcomp/o patches ops at runtime, lets expect that
556 if ($name eq "regcomp" && $op->other->pmflags & B::PMf_KEEP) {
557 $op_target{${$op->first}}++;
558 $op_regcomp{${$op->first}} = $op->next;
559 }
560
561 } elsif ($class eq "PMOP") {
562 if (${$op->pmreplstart}) {
563 unshift @todo, $op->pmreplstart;
564 $op_target{${$op->pmreplstart}}++;
565 }
566
567 } elsif ($class eq "LOOP") {
568 my @targ = ($op->nextop, $op->lastop->next, $op->redoop->next);
569
570 push @op_loop, \@targ;
571 push @todo, @targ;
572
573 $op_target{$$_}++ for @targ;
574
575 } elsif ($class eq "COP") {
576 $insn->{bblock}++ if defined $op->label;
577
578 } else {
579 if ($name eq "pushmark") {
580 $numpushmark++;
581 }
582 }
583 }
584 }
585
586 $_->{bblock}++ for grep $op_target{${$_->{op}}}, @ops;
587
588 local $source = <<EOF;
589 OP *%%%FUNC%%% (pTHX)
590 {
591 register OP *nextop = (OP *)${$ops[0]->{op}}L;
592 EOF
593
594 $source .= " faster_PUSHMARK_PREALLOC ($numpushmark);\n"
595 if $numpushmark;
596
597 while (@ops) {
598 $insn = shift @ops;
599
600 $op = $insn->{op};
601 $op_name = $op->name;
602
603 my $class = B::class $op;
604
605 $source .= "\n/* start basic block */\n" if exists $insn->{bblock};#d#
606 $source .= "op_$$op: /* $op_name */\n";
607 #$source .= "fprintf (stderr, \"$$op in op $op_name\\n\");\n";#d#
608 #$source .= "{ dSP; sv_dump (TOPs); }\n";#d#
609
610 $source .= " PERL_ASYNC_CHECK ();\n"
611 unless exists $f_noasync{$op_name};
612
613 if (my $can = __PACKAGE__->can ("op_$op_name")) {
614 # handcrafted replacement
615
616 if ($insn->{extend} > 0) {
617 # coalesce EXTENDs
618 # TODO: properly take negative preceeding and following EXTENDs into account
619 for my $i (@ops) {
620 last if exists $i->{bblock};
621 last unless exists $i->{extend};
622 my $extend = delete $i->{extend};
623 $insn->{extend} += $extend if $extend > 0;
624 }
625
626 $source .= " { dSP; EXTEND (SP, $insn->{extend}); PUTBACK; }\n"
627 if $insn->{extend} > 0;
628 }
629
630 $can->($op);
631
632 } elsif (exists $f_unsafe{$op_name}) {
633 # unsafe, return to interpreter
634 assert "nextop == (OP *)$$op";
635 $source .= " return nextop;\n";
636
637 } elsif ("LOGOP" eq $class) {
638 # logical operation with optional branch
639 out_callop;
640 out_cond_jump $op->other;
641 out_jump_next;
642
643 } elsif ("PMOP" eq $class) {
644 # regex-thingy
645 out_callop;
646 out_cond_jump $op->pmreplroot if $op_name ne "pushre" && ${$op->pmreplroot};
647 out_jump_next;
648
649 } else {
650 # normal operator, linear execution
651 out_linear;
652 }
653 }
654
655 $op_name = "func exit"; assert (0);
656
657 $source .= <<EOF;
658 op_0:
659 return 0;
660 }
661 EOF
662 #warn $source;
663
664 $source
665 }
666
667 my $uid = "aaaaaaa0";
668 my %so;
669
670 sub func2ptr {
671 my (@func) = @_;
672
673 #LOCK
674 mkdir $CACHEDIR, 0777;
675 sysopen my $meta_fh, "$CACHEDIR/meta", &Fcntl::O_RDWR | &Fcntl::O_CREAT, 0666
676 or die "$$CACHEDIR/meta: $!";
677 binmode $meta_fh, ":raw:perlio";
678 fcntl_lock fileno $meta_fh
679 or die "$CACHEDIR/meta: $!";
680
681 my $meta = eval { Storable::fd_retrieve $meta_fh } || { version => 1 };
682
683 for my $f (@func) {
684 $f->{func} = "F" . Digest::MD5::md5_hex ($f->{source});
685 $f->{so} = $meta->{$f->{func}};
686 }
687
688 if (grep !$_->{so}, @func) {
689 my $stem;
690
691 do {
692 $stem = "$CACHEDIR/$$-" . $uid++;
693 } while -e "$stem$_so";
694
695 open my $fh, ">:raw", "$stem.c";
696 print $fh <<EOF;
697 #define PERL_NO_GET_CONTEXT
698 #define PERL_CORE
699
700 #include <assert.h>
701
702 #include "EXTERN.h"
703 #include "perl.h"
704 #include "XSUB.h"
705
706 #if 1
707 # define faster_PUSHMARK_PREALLOC(count) while (PL_markstack_ptr + (count) >= PL_markstack_max) markstack_grow ()
708 # define faster_PUSHMARK(p) *++PL_markstack_ptr = (p) - PL_stack_base
709 #else
710 # define faster_PUSHMARK_PREALLOC(count) 1
711 # define faster_PUSHMARK(p) PUSHMARK(p)
712 #endif
713
714 #define RUNOPS_TILL(op) \\
715 while (nextop != (op)) \\
716 { \\
717 PERL_ASYNC_CHECK (); \\
718 PL_op = nextop; nextop = (PL_op->op_ppaddr)(aTHX); \\
719 }
720
721 EOF
722 for my $f (grep !$_->{so}, @func) {
723 next if $f->{so} = $meta->{$f->{func}}; # some cv's alias others
724
725 warn "compiling $f->{name} to $stem$_so:$f->{func}\n" if $verbose > 1;
726 my $source = $f->{source};
727 $source =~ s/%%%FUNC%%%/$f->{func}/g;
728 print $fh $source;
729 $meta->{$f->{func}} = $f->{so} = $stem;
730 }
731
732 close $fh;
733 system "$COMPILE -o $stem$_o $stem.c";
734 unlink "$stem.c" unless $ENV{FASTER_DEBUG} > 0;
735 system "$LINK -o $stem$_so $stem$_o $LIBS";
736 unlink "$stem$_o";
737 }
738
739 for my $f (@func) {
740 my $stem = $f->{so};
741
742 my $so = ($so{$stem} ||= DynaLoader::dl_load_file "$stem$_so")
743 or die "$stem$_so: $!";
744
745 #unlink "$stem$_so";
746
747 $f->{ptr} = DynaLoader::dl_find_symbol $so, $f->{func}
748 or die "$f->{func} not found in $stem$_so: $!";
749 }
750
751 seek $meta_fh, 0, 0 or die "$CACHEDIR/meta: $!";
752 Storable::nstore_fd $meta, $meta_fh;
753 truncate $meta_fh, tell $meta_fh;
754
755 # UNLOCK (by closing $meta_fh)
756 }
757
758 my %ignore;
759
760 sub entersub {
761 my ($cv) = @_;
762
763 my $pkg = $cv->STASH->NAME;
764
765 return if $ignore{$pkg};
766
767 warn "optimising ", $cv->STASH->NAME, "\n"
768 if $verbose;
769
770 eval {
771 my @func;
772
773 push @func, {
774 cv => $cv,
775 name => "<>",
776 source => cv2c $cv,
777 };
778
779 # always compile the whole stash
780 my %stash = $cv->STASH->ARRAY;
781 while (my ($k, $v) = each %stash) {
782 $v->isa (B::GV::)
783 or next;
784
785 my $cv = $v->CV;
786
787 if ($cv->isa (B::CV::)
788 && ${$cv->START}
789 && $cv->START->name ne "null") {
790
791 push @func, {
792 cv => $cv,
793 name => $k,
794 source => cv2c $cv,
795 };
796 }
797 }
798
799 func2ptr @func;
800
801 for my $f (@func) {
802 patch_cv $f->{cv}, $f->{ptr};
803 }
804 };
805
806 if ($@) {
807 $ignore{$pkg}++;
808 warn $@;
809 }
810 }
811
812 hook_entersub;
813
814 1;
815
816 =back
817
818 =head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
819
820 The following environment variables influence the behaviour of Faster:
821
822 =over 4
823
824 =item FASTER_VERBOSE
825
826 Faster will output more informational messages when set to values higher
827 than C<0>. Currently, C<1> outputs which packages are being compiled, C<3>
828 outputs the cache directory and C<10> outputs information on which perl
829 function is compiled into which shared object.
830
831 =item FASTER_DEBUG
832
833 Add debugging code when set to values higher than C<0>. Currently, this
834 adds 1-3 C<assert>'s per perl op (FASTER_DEBUG > 1), to ensure that opcode
835 order and C execution order are compatible.
836
837 =item FASTER_CACHE
838
839 Set a persistent cache directory that caches compiled code fragments. The
840 default is C<$HOME/.perl-faster-cache> if C<HOME> is set and a temporary
841 directory otherwise.
842
843 This directory will always grow in size, so you might need to erase it
844 from time to time.
845
846 =back
847
848 =head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS
849
850 Perl will check much less often for asynchronous signals in
851 Faster-compiled code. It tries to check on every function call, loop
852 iteration and every I/O operator, though.
853
854 The following things will disable Faster. If you manage to enable them at
855 runtime, bad things will happen. Enabling them at startup will be fine,
856 though.
857
858 enabled tainting
859 enabled debugging
860
861 Thread-enabled builds of perl will dramatically reduce Faster's
862 performance, but you don't care about speed if you enable threads anyway.
863
864 These constructs will force the use of the interpreter for the currently
865 executed function as soon as they are being encountered during execution.
866
867 goto
868 next, redo (but not well-behaved last's)
869 eval
870 require
871 any use of formats
872 .., ... (flipflop operators)
873
874 =head1 AUTHOR
875
876 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
877 http://home.schmorp.de/
878
879 =cut
880