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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Add `CALL_INTRINSIC` instruction.","articleBody":"We have a number of instructions that are complicated and executed fairly rarely. For example `MAP_KEYS`, `CHECK_EG_MATCH`, `CLEANUP_THROW`.\r\nThese bulk out the interpreter, possibly slowing things down.\r\nWe should move code from these into helper functions, which can be called though a table from `CALL_INTRINSIC` instruction.\r\n\r\nThe `CALL_INTRINSIC` instruction also provides a means for contributors to add new functionality without a deep understanding of the compiler.\r\n\r\nCandidates for moving into `CALL_INTRINSIC` are:\r\n* SETUP_ANNOTATIONS\r\n* LOAD_BUILD_CLASS\r\n* MATCH_KEYS\r\n* CHECK_EG_MATCH\r\n* CLEANUP_THROW\r\n\r\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n### Linked PRs\n* gh-100771\n* gh-100774\n\u003c!-- /gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/markshannon","@type":"Person","name":"markshannon"},"datePublished":"2022-11-02T14:30:32.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":7},"url":"https://github.com/99005/cpython/issues/99005"}