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⚡ Bolt: Optimize VM instruction fetch by removing redundant array lookup - #21

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💡 What: Removed a redundant, deep array index lookup in the core VM loop (execute_loop) when fetching instruction operands. It now directly borrows from the existing inst reference.

🎯 Why: The original code fetched the inst reference but then re-fetched the operands via self.module.functions[frame.function_idx as usize].chunk.instructions[ip].operands.as_slice(). This added unnecessary bounds checks and pointer chasing inside the most performance-critical part of the virtual machine (the fetch-decode-execute loop).

📊 Impact: Expected to provide a micro-optimization to overall VM execution time by reducing CPU instructions per cycle in the hot loop.

🔬 Measurement: Run cargo run --release --manifest-path Cargo.toml --bin tsc benchmark or cargo bench -p techscript_vm. Time improvements may be small but the generated IR/assembly will definitively show fewer bounds check branches.


PR created automatically by Jules for task 11168865889127833758 started by @Tcode-Motion

Replaced a deep array lookup (`self.module.functions[...].chunk.instructions[ip].operands`)
with a direct borrow from the existing instruction reference (`inst.operands.as_slice()`).
This reduces bounds checking and pointer chasing in the hot path of the VM loop.

Co-authored-by: Tcode-Motion <188012755+Tcode-Motion@users.noreply.github.com>
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