17.4 Initialisation and general configuration options

The following bindings are exported by the library (vicare compiler).

Function: initialise-compiler

Initialise compiler’s internal tables. It is automatically called the first time the compiler is invoked to generate code.

Parameter: generate-descriptive-labels

When set to true: attempt to generate descriptive pretty names for gensyms used by the compiler as lexical gensyms, loc gensyms and code labels; this is useful for debugging purposes and code generation inspection. When set to false: attempt to generate gensyms in the fastest way.