Devirtualize monomorphic protocol calls (#227)

When the inference proves a protocol call's receiver is one record type, the
back end resolves the impl by that static tag (find-protocol-method) instead of
routing through the protocol var -> jolt-invoke -> protocol-resolve, which
re-derives the tag and walks the type table. Same table lookup, minus the
var-deref, the rest-cons, and the receiver-type computation.

Fires only on a monomorphic site: a megamorphic receiver joins to :any and
carries no :devirt-type, so it keeps ordinary dispatch (the dispatch bench is
unaffected). The annotation comes from the whole-program fixpoint typing a
reduce/HOF element or a ctor return as a specific record.

Modest on the dispatch benchmarks (~6% on mono-dispatch) — float boxing in the
reduce accumulator dominates there, a separate numeric lever — but it removes
the dispatch overhead wherever a typed receiver is known.

run-devirt.ss gate: emitted form uses find-protocol-method, and evaluating it
matches ordinary dispatch for an inline impl, an extend-type impl, and the
non-devirt path. make test / shakesmoke green, 0 new divergences.

Co-authored-by: Yogthos <yogthos@gmail.com>
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;; run-devirt.ss — protocol-call devirtualization gate (backend_scheme emit).
;;
;; The inference annotates a monomorphic protocol call with :devirt-type/-proto/
;; -method (jolt.passes.types); the back end then resolves the impl by that static
;; tag. This gate pins both halves: the emitted form uses find-protocol-method, and
;; evaluating it returns the same value the ordinary dispatch would — for a record's
;; inline impl, an extend-type impl, and across distinct receiver types.
;;
;; chez --script host/chez/run-devirt.ss
(import (chezscheme))
(load "host/chez/rt.ss")
(set-chez-ns! "clojure.core")
(load "host/chez/seed/prelude.ss")
(load "host/chez/post-prelude.ss")
(set-chez-ns! "user")
(load "host/chez/host-contract.ss")
(load "host/chez/seed/image.ss")
(load "host/chez/compile-eval.ss")
(define analyze (var-deref "jolt.analyzer" "analyze"))
(define emit (var-deref "jolt.backend-scheme" "emit"))
(define kw (lambda (n) (keyword #f n)))
(define (evals src) (jolt-compile-eval (string-append "(do " src ")") "user"))
;; define two record types implementing one protocol — Circle via an inline impl,
;; Square via extend-type — plus instances to dispatch on.
(evals "(defprotocol Shape (area [s]))")
(evals "(defrecord Circle [r] Shape (area [s] (:r s)))")
(evals "(defrecord Square [w])")
(evals "(extend-type Square Shape (area [s] (* (:w s) (:w s))))")
(evals "(def c (->Circle 7))")
(evals "(def sq (->Square 5))")
;; analyze (area RECV), annotate it as a devirt call on `type`, and emit. RECV is a
;; var name (c/sq) the emitted code resolves at eval time.
(define (devirt-emit type recv)
(let* ((ir (analyze (make-analyze-ctx "user") (jolt-ce-read (string-append "(area " recv ")"))))
(dv (jolt-assoc ir (kw "devirt-type") type (kw "devirt-proto") "Shape"
(kw "devirt-method") "area")))
(emit dv)))
(define fails 0) (define total 0)
(define (check label actual expected)
(set! total (+ total 1))
(unless (equal? actual expected)
(set! fails (+ fails 1))
(printf " FAIL ~a: got ~s expected ~s\n" label actual expected)))
(define (has-sub? s sub)
(let ((n (string-length s)) (m (string-length sub)))
(let loop ((i 0)) (cond ((> (+ i m) n) #f)
((string=? (substring s i (+ i m)) sub) #t)
(else (loop (+ i 1)))))))
;; eval an emitted Scheme string in the loaded runtime (var-deref resolves c/sq).
(define (run-emit scm) (eval (read (open-input-string scm)) (interaction-environment)))
(let ((e (devirt-emit "user.Circle" "c")))
(check "emit uses find-protocol-method" (has-sub? e "find-protocol-method") #t)
(check "devirt inline impl == dispatch" (run-emit e) (evals "(area c)"))) ; 7
(let ((e (devirt-emit "user.Square" "sq")))
(check "devirt extend-type impl == dispatch" (run-emit e) (evals "(area sq)"))) ; 25
;; a normal (no devirt) call still goes through dispatch and agrees — the path the
;; megamorphic / unknown-receiver site keeps.
(let ((e (emit (analyze (make-analyze-ctx "user") (jolt-ce-read "(area c)")))))
(check "non-devirt path no find-protocol-method" (has-sub? e "find-protocol-method") #f)
(check "non-devirt still dispatches" (run-emit e) 7))
(if (= fails 0)
(begin (printf "devirt gate: ~a/~a passed\n" total total) (exit 0))
(begin (printf "devirt gate: ~a/~a passed (~a failed)\n" (- total fails) total fails) (exit 1)))

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