Dynamic Code State Capture for Efficient Re-execution

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Solution Overview

Problem

Dynamic languages lack a type system and often require dependencies where previous dynamic language programs must be rerun, leading to inefficient execution processes, especially when re-executing code segments that do not need to change.

Innovation Solution

Capturing the environmental state after the first code segment's execution allows the second code segment to run without re-executing the first, optimizing resource usage and execution efficiency by setting the environmental state to the captured state during subsequent runs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the first code segment is re-executed before re-executing the second code segment, then the dependency requirement is satisfied, but execution time and resource consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedependency satisfactionVSAvoidexecution time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The environmental state after the first code segment is captured and stored in advance. When the second code segment needs to be re-executed, the pre-captured state is restored instead of re-executing the first code segment, thus satisfying the dependency requirement while saving time

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

A copy of the environmental state is created and stored after the first code segment executes. This state copy is then restored when needed, replacing the need to re-execute the original code segment that produced the state

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

2Reliability

If the first code segment is re-executed before re-executing the second code segment, then the dependency requirement is satisfied, but resource consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedependency satisfactionVSAvoidresource consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The environmental state is captured and prepared in advance after the first code segment executes. This preliminary capture allows subsequent restorations to occur without re-executing the first code segment, reducing resource consumption while maintaining dependency satisfaction

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of re-executing the first code segment, a copy of its output state is restored. This copying approach consumes fewer resources than full re-execution while ensuring the second code segment has its required dependencies satisfied

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

3Productivity

If environmental state is captured after first code segment execution, then re-execution efficiency improves, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvere-execution efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The environmental state is extracted and captured separately from the code execution process. This extracted state can be stored and restored independently, improving re-execution efficiency while containing the added complexity to a specific state management component

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS9047407B2State capture after execution in dependent sequences

Publication Date: 2015.06.02 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC

AI summary

The execution of a dynamic code segment sequence that includes at least two code segments in sequence. The first code segment is first executed and the corresponding state of the environment is captured. The second code segment is then executed. When the second code segment is later re-executed, the first code segment is not re-executed again. Rather, the environmental state is set to be the captured state that existed when the first code segment originally executed. Then, the second code segment may be executed without spending the resources required to re-run the first code segment. This may be employed at authoring time, or after deployment time.