WebAssembly / WebAssembly/binaryen
[Proposal] loop fusion pass
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Description
LLVM added new pass called loop-fusion:
https://reviews.llvm.org/rL358607
It seems similar pass could be also helpful for binaryen for size reduction and increase speed.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the linked LLVM loop-fusion pass review and comparing its goals with Binaryen's optimizer. Define the pass scope and evaluation criteria for code-size reduction and speed improvements before identifying the relevant implementation and tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- wasm
- Domain
- compilers, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100