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py/compile: Add COMP_RETURN_IF_EXPR option to enable return-if-else opt.
With this optimisation enabled the compiler optimises the if-else expression within a return statement. The optimisation reduces bytecode size by 2 bytes for each use of such a return-if-else statement. Since such a statement is not often used, and costs bytes for the code, the feature is disabled by default. For example the following code: def f(x): return 1 if x else 2 compiles to this bytecode with the optimisation disabled (left column is bytecode offset in bytes): 00 LOAD_FAST 0 01 POP_JUMP_IF_FALSE 8 04 LOAD_CONST_SMALL_INT 1 05 JUMP 9 08 LOAD_CONST_SMALL_INT 2 09 RETURN_VALUE and to this bytecode with the optimisation enabled: 00 LOAD_FAST 0 01 POP_JUMP_IF_FALSE 6 04 LOAD_CONST_SMALL_INT 1 05 RETURN_VALUE 06 LOAD_CONST_SMALL_INT 2 07 RETURN_VALUE So the JUMP to RETURN_VALUE is optimised and replaced by RETURN_VALUE, saving 2 bytes and making the code a bit faster.
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