RSG (Ryan Specialty Group) recently announced a rename to Ryan Specialty (no
"Group"), but I'm not sure if the legal name has been changed yet or not, so
I'll wait on that.
This now uses year ranges, which I'll update annually.
This also renames "R-T Specialty" to "Ryan Specialty Group". The latter is
the parent company of the former. I was originally employed under the
former when LoVullo Associates was purchased, by I now work for the parent
company.
This is a significant performance improvement for dependency
generation (which is responsible for building the dependency graph for a
package).
The previous algorithm ran in O(n²) time: it would iterate over the given
symbol table, and for _each_ symbol, do a linear scan of the entire document
to search for the corresponding source block. This resulted in explosive
depgen time for larger packages.
This makes the algorithm run in O(n) by:
- Using an XSLT 3 map for the symbol table for O(1) lookups; and
- Iterating over the _document_ a single time rather than the symbol
table, referencing the symbol table as needed (in O(1) time).
There are other parts of the system that can benefit from these same
improvements. This is important, since we need to be able to handle many
thousands of symbols efficiently.
* src/current/compiler/linker.xsl (l:depgen-sym): Recognize smybol `no-deps'
property, permitting missing dependencies. This allows us to avoid
creating nonsense nodes just to satisfy the linker, while still allowing
the linker to perform essential checks to defend against compiler bugs.
* src/current/compiler/map.xsl (lvmc:stub-symtable): Set @no-deps on
`___head' and `___tail' symbols.
(lvmc:mapsym): Set `no-deps' as appropriate on map symbols.
(preproc:depgen)[lvm:map[@from]]: Generate `preproc:sym-dep' node, which
is now expected by the depgen process.
(preproc:depgen)[lvm:map[*]]: Likewise.
(preproc:depgen)[*[@lvmc:type='retmap']//lvmm:map[@from]]: Remove
unnecessary template.
(preproc:symtable)[lvm:map[@value]]: Pass `no-deps' to `lvmc:mapsym'.
* src/current/include/depgen.xsl (preproc:depgen)[preproc:symtable]: Create
and use XSLT 3 map in place of `preproc:symtable' tree. This allows for
constant-time lookups. Provide to templates via tunnelling. Use it in
place of exiting tree references. Process source tree rather than
iterating over symbol table.
(preproc:depgen)[lv:rate, c:sum[@generates], c:product[@generates],
lv:classify, lv:function/lv:param, lv:function, lv:typedef]: Produce
`preproc:sym-dep' nodes (which was previously done while iterating
over the symbol table).
(preproc:depgen)[preproc:sym]: Remove all such processing, since we no
longer iterate over the symbol table.
(preproc:depgen)[c:value-of]: Use symtable map.
(preproc:depgen-match): Likewise.
(preproc:depgen)[lv:union]: Modify to handle changes to lv:typedef
template.
(preproc:depgen)[text()]: Remove and replace with `node()'.
* src/current/include/preproc/package.xsl (preproc:resolv-syms): Remove
logging of symbol resolution. This has a slight performace impact since
there is a lot of output.
* src/current/include/preproc/symtable.xsl
(lv:function/lv:param, c:let/c:Values/c:value): Set `no-deps'.
* src/symtable/symbols.xsl: Add documentation of `no-deps'.
(preproc:symtable)[lv:meta]: Set `no-deps'.
We need to cut down on symbol imports as much as possible; the whole system
starts dragging if we are importing thousands of symbols into a single
package.
* src/current/include/preproc/symtable.xsl (preproc:symtable)[lv:rate,c:*]: Mark
as local if `@preproc:generated`.
* src/current/include/preproc/template.xsl (preproc:macros)[lv:inline-template]:
Mark generated templates as such.
* src/symtable/symbols.xsl (preproc:symtable)[lv:template]: Mark as local if
`@preproc:generated'.
These used to be automatically added via @keep.
* src/current/compiler/linker.xsl (l:depgen): Include meta symbols.
* src/symtable/symbols.xsl (lv:meta): @pollute instead of @keep.
The `preproc:param-dim' template must remain for now, as it is used by
others.
* src/current/include/preproc/symtable.xsl
(preproc:symtable)[lv:param]: Extracted template.
* src/symtable/symbols.xsl
(preproc:symtable)[lv:param]: Added template.
* test/symtable/symbols.xsl
(lv:param): Scenario added.
It's important that others understand the system before I keep adding to
the mystery. This is at least a good start.
It also obviates certain awkward design issues that have evolved over
time and need addressing. Note that it also mentions that `keep' is
marked for removal---this is the situation that prompted this
documentation; changes will be made to work toward its removal to
improve the terrible linker performance when given many thousands of
symbols defined in over 500 separate packages.
* src/symtable.xsl: Add menu for symbols.
* src/symtable/symbols.xsl: Added.
Mike Gerwitz
Mike Gerwitz