Déplacement des invariants de boucleEn programmation informatique, les invariants de boucle sont des instructions ou des expressions d'un langage de programmation impératif qui peuvent être déplacées hors du corps de la boucle sans affecter le résultat du programme. Le déplacement des invariants de boucle est une optimisation assurée par le compilateur qui effectue automatiquement ce déplacement.
Use-define chainWithin computer science, a Use-Definition Chain (UD Chain) is a data structure that consists of a use, U, of a variable, and all the definitions, D, of that variable that can reach that use without any other intervening definitions. A UD Chain generally means the assignment of some value to a variable. A counterpart of a UD Chain is a Definition-Use Chain (DU Chain), which consists of a definition, D, of a variable and all the uses, U, reachable from that definition without any other intervening definitions.
Object code optimizerAn object code optimizer, sometimes also known as a post pass optimizer or, for small sections of code, peephole optimizer, forms part of a software compiler. It takes the output from the source language compile step - the object code or - and tries to replace identifiable sections of the code with replacement code that is more algorithmically efficient (usually improved speed). The earliest "COBOL Optimizer" was developed by Capex Corporation in the mid 1970s for COBOL.
Peephole optimizationPeephole optimization is an optimization technique performed on a small set of compiler-generated instructions; the small set is known as the peephole or window. Peephole optimization involves changing the small set of instructions to an equivalent set that has better performance.
Pipeline logicielLe pipeline logiciel (software pipelining, par opposition aux pipelines matériels) est une technique utilisée par les compilateurs pour optimiser l'exécution des boucles. Elle consiste à superposer l'exécution de plusieurs itérations de la boucle, comme un pipeline matériel le fait pour les différentes phases des instructions : une itération du code généré contiendra en fait des instructions provenant de plusieurs itérations d'origine.
Strength reductionIn compiler construction, strength reduction is a compiler optimization where expensive operations are replaced with equivalent but less expensive operations. The classic example of strength reduction converts strong multiplications inside a loop into weaker additions – something that frequently occurs in array addressing. Examples of strength reduction include replacing a multiplication within a loop with an addition and replacing exponentiation within a loop with a multiplication.
Recherche de sous-expressions communesEn informatique, la recherche de sous-expressions communes est une technique d'optimisation de code qui cherche des instances d'expressions communes (c'est-à-dire renvoyant toutes la même valeur) et qui détermine si cela vaut la peine de les remplacer par une variable unique contenant la valeur calculée. Dans le code suivant : a = b * c + g; d = b * c * d; il peut être intéressant de transformer le code compilé comme si on avait écrit : tmp = b * c; a = tmp + g; d = tmp * d; « intéressant » signifie que le programme transformé s'exécutera plus vite que l'original.
Short-circuit evaluationShort-circuit evaluation, minimal evaluation, or McCarthy evaluation (after John McCarthy) is the semantics of some Boolean operators in some programming languages in which the second argument is executed or evaluated only if the first argument does not suffice to determine the value of the expression: when the first argument of the AND function evaluates to false, the overall value must be false; and when the first argument of the OR function evaluates to true, the overall value must be true.
Predication (computer architecture)In computer architecture, predication is a feature that provides an alternative to conditional transfer of control, as implemented by conditional branch machine instructions. Predication works by having conditional (predicated) non-branch instructions associated with a predicate, a Boolean value used by the instruction to control whether the instruction is allowed to modify the architectural state or not. If the predicate specified in the instruction is true, the instruction modifies the architectural state; otherwise, the architectural state is unchanged.
Alias analysisAlias analysis is a technique in compiler theory, used to determine if a storage location may be accessed in more than one way. Two pointers are said to be aliased if they point to the same location. Alias analysis techniques are usually classified by flow-sensitivity and context-sensitivity. They may determine may-alias or must-alias information. The term alias analysis is often used interchangeably with points-to analysis, a specific case. Alias analysers intend to make and compute useful information for understanding aliasing in programs.
