Improved Code Sharing in Dynamically Generated Marshalling Routines (full Paper) Paul Menage Improved Code Sharing in Dynamically Generated Marshalling Routines

marshalling routines (Full paper) Paul Menage [email protected] phone: +44 1223 331859, fax: +44 1223 334678 University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory New Museums Site, Pembroke Street Cambridge, UK, CB2 3QG Abstract Marshalling schemes for Inter-process Communication (IPC) systems can be classi ed as compiled or interpreted; each has advantages and disadvantages. This paper presents an approach using type system information to generate simple bytecode programs for a streamlined marshalling engine. By representing the marshalling actions at a low level, this approach allows the synthesis of compiled marshalling stubs, and substantial sharing of marshalling routines between unrelated but semantically equivalent methods.