bpo-43693: Compute deref offsets in compiler

Doc/library/dis.rst

@@ -1058,16 +1058,24 @@ All of the following opcodes use their arguments.
 
 .. opcode:: LOAD_CLOSURE (i)
 
-   Pushes a reference to the cell contained in slot *i* of the cell and free
-   variable storage.  The name of the variable is
-   ``co_fastlocalnames[i + len(co_varnames)]``.
+   Pushes a reference to the cell contained in slot ``i`` of the "fast locals"
+   storage.  The name of the variable is ``co_fastlocalnames[i]``.
+
+   Note that ``LOAD_CLOSURE`` is effectively an alias for ``LOAD_FAST``.
+   It exists to keep bytecode a little more readable.
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.11
+      ``i`` is no longer offset by the length of ``co_varnames``.
 
 
 .. opcode:: LOAD_DEREF (i)
 
-   Loads the cell contained in slot *i* of the cell and free variable storage.
+   Loads the cell contained in slot ``i`` of the "fast locals" storage.
    Pushes a reference to the object the cell contains on the stack.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.11
+      ``i`` is no longer offset by the length of ``co_varnames``.
+
 
 .. opcode:: LOAD_CLASSDEREF (i)
 
@@ -1077,20 +1085,29 @@ All of the following opcodes use their arguments.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.4
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.11
+      ``i`` is no longer offset by the length of ``co_varnames``.
+
 
 .. opcode:: STORE_DEREF (i)
 
-   Stores TOS into the cell contained in slot *i* of the cell and free variable
+   Stores TOS into the cell contained in slot ``i`` of the "fast locals"
    storage.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.11
+      ``i`` is no longer offset by the length of ``co_varnames``.
+
 
 .. opcode:: DELETE_DEREF (i)
 
-   Empties the cell contained in slot *i* of the cell and free variable storage.
+   Empties the cell contained in slot ``i`` of the "fast locals" storage.
    Used by the :keyword:`del` statement.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.2
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.11
+      ``i`` is no longer offset by the length of ``co_varnames``.
+
 
 .. opcode:: RAISE_VARARGS (argc)
 

Lib/dis.py

@@ -378,14 +378,11 @@ def _get_instructions_bytes(code, varname_from_oparg=None,
             elif op in hasjrel:
                 argval = offset + 2 + arg*2
                 argrepr = "to " + repr(argval)
-            elif op in haslocal:
+            elif op in haslocal or op in hasfree:
                 argval, argrepr = _get_name_info(arg, varname_from_oparg)
             elif op in hascompare:
                 argval = cmp_op[arg]
                 argrepr = argval
-            elif op in hasfree:
-                argval, argrepr = _get_name_info(arg, varname_from_oparg,
-                                                 cell=True)
             elif op == FORMAT_VALUE:
                 argval, argrepr = FORMAT_VALUE_CONVERTERS[arg & 0x3]
                 argval = (argval, bool(arg & 0x4))

Lib/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py

@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ def _write_atomic(path, data, mode=0o666):
 #     Python 3.11a1 3451 (Add CALL_METHOD_KW)
 #     Python 3.11a1 3452 (drop nlocals from marshaled code objects)
 #     Python 3.11a1 3453 (add co_fastlocalnames and co_fastlocalkinds)
+#     Python 3.11a1 3454 (compute cell offsets relative to locals bpo-43693)
 
 #
 # MAGIC must change whenever the bytecode emitted by the compiler may no
@@ -365,7 +366,7 @@ def _write_atomic(path, data, mode=0o666):
 # Whenever MAGIC_NUMBER is changed, the ranges in the magic_values array
 # in PC/launcher.c must also be updated.
 
-MAGIC_NUMBER = (3453).to_bytes(2, 'little') + b'\r\n'
+MAGIC_NUMBER = (3454).to_bytes(2, 'little') + b'\r\n'
 _RAW_MAGIC_NUMBER = int.from_bytes(MAGIC_NUMBER, 'little')  # For import.c
 
 _PYCACHE = '__pycache__'

Lib/test/test_dis.py

@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ def foo(x):
     return foo
 
 dis_nested_0 = """\
-%3d           0 LOAD_CLOSURE             0 (y)
+%3d           0 LOAD_CLOSURE             2 (y)
               2 BUILD_TUPLE              1
               4 LOAD_CONST               1 (<code object foo at 0x..., file "%s", line %d>)
               6 LOAD_CONST               2 ('_h.<locals>.foo')
@@ -444,12 +444,12 @@ def foo(x):
 
 dis_nested_1 = """%s
 Disassembly of <code object foo at 0x..., file "%s", line %d>:
-%3d           0 LOAD_CLOSURE             0 (x)
+%3d           0 LOAD_CLOSURE             1 (x)
               2 BUILD_TUPLE              1
               4 LOAD_CONST               1 (<code object <listcomp> at 0x..., file "%s", line %d>)
               6 LOAD_CONST               2 ('_h.<locals>.foo.<locals>.<listcomp>')
               8 MAKE_FUNCTION            8 (closure)
-             10 LOAD_DEREF               1 (y)
+             10 LOAD_DEREF               2 (y)
              12 GET_ITER
              14 CALL_FUNCTION            1
              16 RETURN_VALUE
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ def foo(x):
               2 LOAD_FAST                0 (.0)
         >>    4 FOR_ITER                 6 (to 18)
               6 STORE_FAST               1 (z)
-              8 LOAD_DEREF               0 (x)
+              8 LOAD_DEREF               2 (x)
              10 LOAD_FAST                1 (z)
              12 BINARY_ADD
              14 LIST_APPEND              2
@@ -962,16 +962,16 @@ def jumpy():
 Instruction = dis.Instruction
 expected_opinfo_outer = [
   Instruction(opname='LOAD_CONST', opcode=100, arg=8, argval=(3, 4), argrepr='(3, 4)', offset=0, starts_line=2, is_jump_target=False),
-  Instruction(opname='LOAD_CLOSURE', opcode=135, arg=0, argval='a', argrepr='a', offset=2, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
-  Instruction(opname='LOAD_CLOSURE', opcode=135, arg=1, argval='b', argrepr='b', offset=4, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
+  Instruction(opname='LOAD_CLOSURE', opcode=135, arg=3, argval='a', argrepr='a', offset=2, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
+  Instruction(opname='LOAD_CLOSURE', opcode=135, arg=4, argval='b', argrepr='b', offset=4, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
   Instruction(opname='BUILD_TUPLE', opcode=102, arg=2, argval=2, argrepr='', offset=6, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
   Instruction(opname='LOAD_CONST', opcode=100, arg=3, argval=code_object_f, argrepr=repr(code_object_f), offset=8, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
   Instruction(opname='LOAD_CONST', opcode=100, arg=4, argval='outer.<locals>.f', argrepr="'outer.<locals>.f'", offset=10, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
   Instruction(opname='MAKE_FUNCTION', opcode=132, arg=9, argval=9, argrepr='defaults, closure', offset=12, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
   Instruction(opname='STORE_FAST', opcode=125, arg=2, argval='f', argrepr='f', offset=14, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
   Instruction(opname='LOAD_GLOBAL', opcode=116, arg=0, argval='print', argrepr='print', offset=16, starts_line=7, is_jump_target=False),
-  Instruction(opname='LOAD_DEREF', opcode=136, arg=0, argval='a', argrepr='a', offset=18, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
-  Instruction(opname='LOAD_DEREF', opcode=136, arg=1, argval='b', argrepr='b', offset=20, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
+  Instruction(opname='LOAD_DEREF', opcode=136, arg=3, argval='a', argrepr='a', offset=18, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
+  Instruction(opname='LOAD_DEREF', opcode=136, arg=4, argval='b', argrepr='b', offset=20, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
   Instruction(opname='LOAD_CONST', opcode=100, arg=5, argval='', argrepr="''", offset=22, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
   Instruction(opname='LOAD_CONST', opcode=100, arg=6, argval=1, argrepr='1', offset=24, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
   Instruction(opname='BUILD_LIST', opcode=103, arg=0, argval=0, argrepr='', offset=26, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
@@ -985,20 +985,20 @@ def jumpy():
 
 expected_opinfo_f = [
   Instruction(opname='LOAD_CONST', opcode=100, arg=5, argval=(5, 6), argrepr='(5, 6)', offset=0, starts_line=3, is_jump_target=False),
-  Instruction(opname='LOAD_CLOSURE', opcode=135, arg=2, argval='a', argrepr='a', offset=2, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
-  Instruction(opname='LOAD_CLOSURE', opcode=135, arg=3, argval='b', argrepr='b', offset=4, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
-  Instruction(opname='LOAD_CLOSURE', opcode=135, arg=0, argval='c', argrepr='c', offset=6, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
-  Instruction(opname='LOAD_CLOSURE', opcode=135, arg=1, argval='d', argrepr='d', offset=8, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
+  Instruction(opname='LOAD_CLOSURE', opcode=135, arg=5, argval='a', argrepr='a', offset=2, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
+  Instruction(opname='LOAD_CLOSURE', opcode=135, arg=6, argval='b', argrepr='b', offset=4, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
+  Instruction(opname='LOAD_CLOSURE', opcode=135, arg=3, argval='c', argrepr='c', offset=6, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
+  Instruction(opname='LOAD_CLOSURE', opcode=135, arg=4, argval='d', argrepr='d', offset=8, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
   Instruction(opname='BUILD_TUPLE', opcode=102, arg=4, argval=4, argrepr='', offset=10, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
   Instruction(opname='LOAD_CONST', opcode=100, arg=3, argval=code_object_inner, argrepr=repr(code_object_inner), offset=12, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
   Instruction(opname='LOAD_CONST', opcode=100, arg=4, argval='outer.<locals>.f.<locals>.inner', argrepr="'outer.<locals>.f.<locals>.inner'", offset=14, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
   Instruction(opname='MAKE_FUNCTION', opcode=132, arg=9, argval=9, argrepr='defaults, closure', offset=16, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
   Instruction(opname='STORE_FAST', opcode=125, arg=2, argval='inner', argrepr='inner', offset=18, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
   Instruction(opname='LOAD_GLOBAL', opcode=116, arg=0, argval='print', argrepr='print', offset=20, starts_line=5, is_jump_target=False),
-  Instruction(opname='LOAD_DEREF', opcode=136, arg=2, argval='a', argrepr='a', offset=22, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
-  Instruction(opname='LOAD_DEREF', opcode=136, arg=3, argval='b', argrepr='b', offset=24, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
-  Instruction(opname='LOAD_DEREF', opcode=136, arg=0, argval='c', argrepr='c', offset=26, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
-  Instruction(opname='LOAD_DEREF', opcode=136, arg=1, argval='d', argrepr='d', offset=28, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
+  Instruction(opname='LOAD_DEREF', opcode=136, arg=5, argval='a', argrepr='a', offset=22, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
+  Instruction(opname='LOAD_DEREF', opcode=136, arg=6, argval='b', argrepr='b', offset=24, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
+  Instruction(opname='LOAD_DEREF', opcode=136, arg=3, argval='c', argrepr='c', offset=26, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
+  Instruction(opname='LOAD_DEREF', opcode=136, arg=4, argval='d', argrepr='d', offset=28, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
   Instruction(opname='CALL_FUNCTION', opcode=131, arg=4, argval=4, argrepr='', offset=30, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
   Instruction(opname='POP_TOP', opcode=1, arg=None, argval=None, argrepr='', offset=32, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
   Instruction(opname='LOAD_FAST', opcode=124, arg=2, argval='inner', argrepr='inner', offset=34, starts_line=6, is_jump_target=False),
@@ -1007,10 +1007,10 @@ def jumpy():
 
 expected_opinfo_inner = [
   Instruction(opname='LOAD_GLOBAL', opcode=116, arg=0, argval='print', argrepr='print', offset=0, starts_line=4, is_jump_target=False),
-  Instruction(opname='LOAD_DEREF', opcode=136, arg=0, argval='a', argrepr='a', offset=2, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
-  Instruction(opname='LOAD_DEREF', opcode=136, arg=1, argval='b', argrepr='b', offset=4, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
-  Instruction(opname='LOAD_DEREF', opcode=136, arg=2, argval='c', argrepr='c', offset=6, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
-  Instruction(opname='LOAD_DEREF', opcode=136, arg=3, argval='d', argrepr='d', offset=8, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
+  Instruction(opname='LOAD_DEREF', opcode=136, arg=2, argval='a', argrepr='a', offset=2, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
+  Instruction(opname='LOAD_DEREF', opcode=136, arg=3, argval='b', argrepr='b', offset=4, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
+  Instruction(opname='LOAD_DEREF', opcode=136, arg=4, argval='c', argrepr='c', offset=6, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
+  Instruction(opname='LOAD_DEREF', opcode=136, arg=5, argval='d', argrepr='d', offset=8, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
   Instruction(opname='LOAD_FAST', opcode=124, arg=0, argval='e', argrepr='e', offset=10, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
   Instruction(opname='LOAD_FAST', opcode=124, arg=1, argval='f', argrepr='f', offset=12, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),
   Instruction(opname='CALL_FUNCTION', opcode=131, arg=6, argval=6, argrepr='', offset=14, starts_line=None, is_jump_target=False),

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-04-02-15-02-16.bpo-43693.l3Ureu.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Compute cell offsets relative to locals in compiler. Allows the interpreter
+to treats locals and cells a single array, which is slightly more efficient.
+Also make the LOAD_CLOSURE opcode an alias for LOAD_FAST.  Preserving
+LOAD_CLOSURE helps keep bytecode a bit more readable.

Objects/codeobject.c

@@ -1547,21 +1547,16 @@ code_replace_impl(PyCodeObject *self, int co_argcount,
 code._varname_from_oparg
 
     oparg: int
-    *
-    cell: bool = False
 
 (internal-only) Return the local variable name for the given oparg.
 
 WARNING: this method is for internal use only and may change or go away.
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 
 static PyObject *
-code__varname_from_oparg_impl(PyCodeObject *self, int oparg, int cell)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=c7d39c9723692c8f input=2945bb291d3a3118]*/
+code__varname_from_oparg_impl(PyCodeObject *self, int oparg)
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=1fd1130413184206 input=c5fa3ee9bac7d4ca]*/
 {
-    if (cell) {
-        oparg += self->co_nlocals;
-    }
     PyObject *name = PyTuple_GetItem(self->co_localsplusnames, oparg);
     if (name == NULL) {
         return NULL;