Unrolling loops

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Sometimes, one might want to unroll loops to optimize a program’s execution speed so that the program does less branching. Loops can be unrolled through a mixture of #insert directives and macros. In this example below, we unroll a basic for loop that counts from 0 to 10.

unroll_for_loop :: (a: int, b: int, body: Code) #expand {
  #insert -> string {
    builder: String_Builder;
    print_to_builder(*builder, "{\n");
    print_to_builder(*builder, "`it: int;\n");
    for i: a..b {
      print_to_builder(*builder, "it = %;\n", i);
      print_to_builder(*builder, "#insert body;\n");
    }
    print_to_builder(*builder, "}\n");
    return builder_to_string(*builder);
  }
}


unroll_for_loop(0, 10, #code {
  print("%\n", it);
});