SquirrelJME/SquirrelJME

# 2019/04/14

## 09:39

This minimizer writing is going well, following a good rest.

## 15:33

Okay so the mimized class for the `ByteDeque` class is 25K which is pretty
big. Seems most of it is taken up by the code table. I could probably write
the native code a bit more compact. I use shorts for everything but I could
invent a 1 or 2 byte format. Since these values are unsigned, if the highest
bit is set then read another byte. This would reduce the memory requirements
because a single class taking up 25K is quite a bunch!

## 15:56

Okay so before and after the constant pool shortening:

 * Before: 25,256 bytes
 * After : 24,944 bytes

So I did not reduce the space much.

## 16:05

Making the hashCode in STRING just be 16-bits gives me:

 * 24,748 bytes

So I think all the space is being taken up by the minimized instructions
because there are a ton of 16-bit values.

## 16:21

I think I need to step away from the minimizer a bit and write a `javap`
utility. This will be something that will integrate with the class format
code along with the minimizer code. Definitely it should be made to help me
debug the minimized format.

## 21:17

The good thing about suites is that I do not need the vendor and suite name,
so I can use my idea to just keep them as hashcodes and such.