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Adjust the cost of allocations to a much higher value (#7307)
VM feedback suggests that struct.new etc. should be avoided when we selectify, as the cost is high even in generational GC implementations.
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‎src/ir/cost.h‎

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@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ struct CostAnalyzer : public OverriddenVisitor<CostAnalyzer, CostType> {
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// but usually requires some loads and comparisons.
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static const CostType CastCost = 5;
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// Generational GC can be very efficient, but even so allocations have a high
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// cost due to shortening the time to the next collection.
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static const CostType AllocationCost = 100;
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CostType maybeVisit(Expression* curr) { return curr ? visit(curr) : 0; }
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CostType visitBlock(Block* curr) {
@@ -671,11 +675,7 @@ struct CostAnalyzer : public OverriddenVisitor<CostAnalyzer, CostType> {
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return base + nullCheckCost(curr->ref) + maybeVisit(curr->ref);
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}
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CostType visitStructNew(StructNew* curr) {
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// While allocation itself is almost free with generational GC, there is
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// at least some baseline cost, plus writing the fields. (If we use default
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// values for the fields, then it is possible they are all 0 and if so, we
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// can get that almost for free as well, so don't add anything there.)
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CostType ret = 4 + curr->operands.size();
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CostType ret = AllocationCost + curr->operands.size();
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for (auto* child : curr->operands) {
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ret += visit(child);
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}
@@ -696,16 +696,16 @@ struct CostAnalyzer : public OverriddenVisitor<CostAnalyzer, CostType> {
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visit(curr->expected) + visit(curr->replacement);
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}
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CostType visitArrayNew(ArrayNew* curr) {
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return 4 + visit(curr->size) + maybeVisit(curr->init);
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return AllocationCost + visit(curr->size) + maybeVisit(curr->init);
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}
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CostType visitArrayNewData(ArrayNewData* curr) {
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return 4 + visit(curr->offset) + visit(curr->size);
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return AllocationCost + visit(curr->offset) + visit(curr->size);
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}
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CostType visitArrayNewElem(ArrayNewElem* curr) {
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return 4 + visit(curr->offset) + visit(curr->size);
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return AllocationCost + visit(curr->offset) + visit(curr->size);
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}
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CostType visitArrayNewFixed(ArrayNewFixed* curr) {
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CostType ret = 4;
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CostType ret = AllocationCost;
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for (auto* child : curr->values) {
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ret += visit(child);
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}
@@ -743,15 +743,21 @@ struct CostAnalyzer : public OverriddenVisitor<CostAnalyzer, CostType> {
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return 8 + visit(curr->ref) + maybeVisit(curr->start) +
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maybeVisit(curr->end);
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}
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CostType visitStringConst(StringConst* curr) { return 4; }
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CostType visitStringConst(StringConst* curr) {
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// We do not use AllocationCost here because these will end up imported as
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// constants from the outside, after string lowering (and even natively, a
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// VM can implement them as global constants).
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return 4;
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}
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CostType visitStringMeasure(StringMeasure* curr) {
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return 6 + visit(curr->ref);
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}
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CostType visitStringEncode(StringEncode* curr) {
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return 6 + visit(curr->str) + visit(curr->array) + visit(curr->start);
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return AllocationCost + 2 + visit(curr->str) + visit(curr->array) +
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visit(curr->start);
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}
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CostType visitStringConcat(StringConcat* curr) {
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return 10 + visit(curr->left) + visit(curr->right);
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return AllocationCost + 6 + visit(curr->left) + visit(curr->right);
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}
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CostType visitStringEq(StringEq* curr) {
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// "3" is chosen since strings might or might not be interned in the engine.
@@ -765,13 +771,11 @@ struct CostAnalyzer : public OverriddenVisitor<CostAnalyzer, CostType> {
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}
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CostType visitContNew(ContNew* curr) {
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// Some arbitrary "high" value, reflecting that this may allocate a stack
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return 14 + visit(curr->func);
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return AllocationCost + 10 + visit(curr->func);
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}
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CostType visitContBind(ContBind* curr) {
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// Inspired by struct.new: The only cost of cont.bind is that it may need to
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// allocate a buffer to hold the arguments.
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CostType ret = 4;
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// cont.bind may need to allocate a buffer to hold the arguments.
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CostType ret = AllocationCost;
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ret += visit(curr->cont);
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for (auto* arg : curr->operands) {
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ret += visit(arg);

‎test/lit/passes/monomorphize-benefit.wast‎

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@@ -947,15 +947,11 @@
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;; THIRD__: (type $3 (func (param anyref i32)))
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;; THIRD__: (type $4 (func (param (ref $A))))
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;; THIRD__: (type $4 (func (param i32)))
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;; THIRD__: (type $5 (func (param anyref)))
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;; THIRD__: (type $5 (func (param (ref $A))))
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;; THIRD__: (type $6 (func (param i32) (result (ref $A))))
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;; THIRD__: (type $7 (func (param i32)))
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;; THIRD__: (type $8 (func (result (ref $A))))
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;; THIRD__: (type $6 (func (param anyref)))
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;; THIRD__: (import "a" "b" (func $import (type $1)))
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;; TWOTRDS: (type $1 (func))
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;; TWOTRDS: (type $3 (func (param anyref i32)))
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;; TWOTRDS: (type $4 (func (param (ref $A))))
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;; TWOTRDS: (type $4 (func (param i32)))
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;; TWOTRDS: (type $5 (func (param anyref)))
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;; TWOTRDS: (type $5 (func (param (ref $A))))
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;; TWOTRDS: (type $6 (func (param i32)))
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;; TWOTRDS: (type $6 (func (param anyref)))
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;; TWOTRDS: (import "a" "b" (func $import (type $1)))
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;; HUNDRED: (type $1 (func (param anyref) (result (ref $A))))
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;; DEFAULT: (import "a" "c" (func $import2 (type $4) (param (ref $A))))
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;; ZERO___: (import "a" "c" (func $import2 (type $8) (param (ref $A))))
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;; THIRD__: (import "a" "c" (func $import2 (type $4) (param (ref $A))))
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;; TWOTRDS: (import "a" "c" (func $import2 (type $4) (param (ref $A))))
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;; THIRD__: (import "a" "c" (func $import2 (type $5) (param (ref $A))))
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;; TWOTRDS: (import "a" "c" (func $import2 (type $5) (param (ref $A))))
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;; HUNDRED: (import "a" "c" (func $import2 (type $4) (param (ref $A))))
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(import "a" "c" (func $import2 (param (ref $A))))
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: )
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: )
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: )
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: (drop
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: (call $target-long
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: (struct.new $A
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: (local.get $y)
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: )
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: )
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: (call $target-long_6
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: (local.get $y)
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: )
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: (call $import2
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: (call $target-long
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: )
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: )
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: )
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: (call $target-long_6)
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: (call $target-long_7)
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: )
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;; TWOTRDS: (func $calls-long (type $3) (param $x anyref) (param $y i32)
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (call $import2
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: )
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: )
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: )
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (drop
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (call $target-long
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (struct.new $A
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (local.get $y)
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: )
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: )
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (call $target-long_6
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (local.get $y)
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: )
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (call $import2
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (call $target-long
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: )
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: )
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: )
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (drop
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (call $target-long
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (struct.new $A
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (i32.const 42)
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: )
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: )
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: )
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (call $target-long_7)
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: )
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;; HUNDRED: (func $calls-long (type $2) (param $x anyref) (param $y i32)
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;; and a struct.new, and the struct.new's high cost makes it worthwhile.
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: (local.get $y)
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: (call $target-short
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: (struct.new $A
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: (local.get $y)
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: )
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: (struct.new $A
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: (i32.const 42)
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;; THIRD__-NEXT: )
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (call $import)
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (call $import)
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (call $import)
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (call $import)
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (call $import)
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (call $import)
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: )
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (call $import)
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (call $import)
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (call $import)
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (call $import)
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: (call $import)
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;; TWOTRDS-NEXT: )
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