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-rw-r--r-- | Python/ceval.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c index f5ebb8e..978ff61 100644 --- a/Python/ceval.c +++ b/Python/ceval.c @@ -738,7 +738,16 @@ PyEval_EvalFrameEx(PyFrameObject *f, int throwflag) this wasn't always true before 2.3! PyFrame_New now sets f->f_lasti to -1 (i.e. the index *before* the first instruction) and YIELD_VALUE doesn't fiddle with f_lasti any more. So this - does work. Promise. */ + does work. Promise. + + When the PREDICT() macros are enabled, some opcode pairs follow in + direct succession without updating f->f_lasti. A successful + prediction effectively links the two codes together as if they + were a single new opcode; accordingly,f->f_lasti will point to + the first code in the pair (for instance, GET_ITER followed by + FOR_ITER is effectively a single opcode and f->f_lasti will point + at to the beginning of the combined pair.) + */ next_instr = first_instr + f->f_lasti + 1; stack_pointer = f->f_stacktop; assert(stack_pointer != NULL); |