[Bug 6060] Perl5.8.9 crashes while compiling long code from generic rules

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--- Comment #1 from Justin Mason <jm...@jmason.org>  2009-02-06 06:15:34 PST ---

> Btw, I experimented with changes based on Bug 5876 (storing code to a
> file and letting 'do' deal with it). It is promising, it does indeed
> reduce memory footprint, although is does not provide a solution
> for this 5.8.9 problem. Perhaps a solution could take both aspects
> into considerations (I have available fresh patches along the lines
> of Bug 5876, separate for eval and for generic rules, I can make them
> available).

+1 to that idea!

btw it should be no problem to split up the large subs.  even if each one was
broken into 100 separate subroutines, I don't think there would be a noticeable
performance hit.  It's analogous to loop unrolling, what's going on here,
basically.


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