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diff --git a/Python/tier2_engine.md b/Python/tier2_engine.md index df9f6c1..5ceda8e 100644 --- a/Python/tier2_engine.md +++ b/Python/tier2_engine.md @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ The JIT compiler converts superblocks into machine code executors. These have identical behavior to interpreted executors, except that they consume more memory for the generated machine code and are a lot faster. -## Transfering control +## Transferring control There are three types of control transfer that we need to consider: * Tier 1 to tier 2 @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ reference to the previous executor in the thread state's #### The interpreter The tier 2 interpreter has a variable `current_executor` which -points to the currently live executor. When transfering from executor +points to the currently live executor. When transferring from executor `A` to executor `B` we do the following: (Initially `current_executor` points to `A`, and the refcount of `A` is elevated by one) @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ increment the refcount of `B` and set `current_executor` to point to `B`. #### In the JIT -Transfering control from one executor to another is done via tailcalls. +Transferring control from one executor to another is done via tailcalls. The compiled executor should do the same, except that there is no local variable `current_executor`. |