cc: experimental -fast option for tcc/codegen in the future

vlib/builtin/array.v

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ fn array_repeat_old(val voidptr, nr_repeats, elm_size int) array {
 	return arr
 }
 
-// array.repeat returns new array with the given array elements 
+// array.repeat returns new array with the given array elements
 // repeated `nr_repeat` times
 pub fn (a array) repeat(nr_repeats int) array {
 	if nr_repeats < 0 {
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ pub fn (a array) left(n int) array {
 }
 
 // array.right returns an array using same buffer as the given array
-// but starting with the element of the given array beyond the index `n`. 
+// but starting with the element of the given array beyond the index `n`.
 // If `n` is bigger or equal to the length of the given array,
 // returns an empty array of the same type as the given array.
 pub fn (a array) right(n int) array {
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ fn (a array) slice2(start, _end int, end_max bool) array {
 }
 
 // array.slice returns an array using the same buffer as original array
-// but starting from the `start` element and ending with the element before 
-// the `end` element of the original array with the length and capacity 
+// but starting from the `start` element and ending with the element before
+// the `end` element of the original array with the length and capacity
 // set to the number of the elements in the slice.
 pub fn (a array) slice(start, _end int) array {
 	mut end := _end
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ pub fn (a mut array) push_many(val voidptr, size int) {
 	a.len += size
 }
 
-// array.reverse returns a new array with the elements of 
+// array.reverse returns a new array with the elements of
 // the original array in reverse order.
 pub fn (a array) reverse() array {
 	arr := array {
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ pub fn (a []bool) str() string {
 	return sb.str()
 }
 
-// []byte.hex returns a string with the hexadecimal representation 
+// []byte.hex returns a string with the hexadecimal representation
 // of the byte elements of the array
 pub fn (b []byte) hex() string {
 	mut hex := malloc(b.len*2+1)

vlib/compiler/cc.v

@@ -64,27 +64,31 @@ fn (v mut V) cc() {
 	// TCC on Linux by default, unless -cc was provided
 	// TODO if -cc = cc, TCC is still used, default compiler should be
 	// used instead.
-	$if linux {
-	$if !android {
-		vdir := os.dir(vexe)
-		tcc_3rd := '$vdir/thirdparty/tcc/bin/tcc'
-		//println('tcc third "$tcc_3rd"')
-		tcc_path := '/var/tmp/tcc/bin/tcc'
-		if os.file_exists(tcc_3rd) && !os.file_exists(tcc_path) {
-			//println('moving tcc')
-			// if there's tcc in thirdparty/, that means this is
-			// a prebuilt V_linux.zip.
-			// Until the libtcc1.a bug is fixed, we neeed to move
-			// it to /var/tmp/
-			os.system('mv $vdir/thirdparty/tcc /var/tmp/')
+	if v.pref.fast {
+		$if linux {
+		$if !android {
+			vdir := os.dir(vexe)
+			tcc_3rd := '$vdir/thirdparty/tcc/bin/tcc'
+			//println('tcc third "$tcc_3rd"')
+			tcc_path := '/var/tmp/tcc/bin/tcc'
+			if os.file_exists(tcc_3rd) && !os.file_exists(tcc_path) {
+				//println('moving tcc')
+				// if there's tcc in thirdparty/, that means this is
+				// a prebuilt V_linux.zip.
+				// Until the libtcc1.a bug is fixed, we neeed to move
+				// it to /var/tmp/
+				os.system('mv $vdir/thirdparty/tcc /var/tmp/')
+			}
+			if v.pref.ccompiler == 'cc' && os.file_exists(tcc_path) {
+				// TODO tcc bug, needs an empty libtcc1.a fila
+				//os.mkdir('/var/tmp/tcc/lib/tcc/')
+				//os.create('/var/tmp/tcc/lib/tcc/libtcc1.a')
+				v.pref.ccompiler = tcc_path
+			}
 		}
-		if v.pref.ccompiler == 'cc' && os.file_exists(tcc_path) {
-			// TODO tcc bug, needs an empty libtcc1.a fila
-			//os.mkdir('/var/tmp/tcc/lib/tcc/')
-			//os.create('/var/tmp/tcc/lib/tcc/libtcc1.a')
-			v.pref.ccompiler = tcc_path
-		}
-	}
+		} $else {
+			verror('-fast is only supported on Linux right now')
+		}	
 	}
 	//linux_host := os.user_os() == 'linux'
 	v.log('cc() isprod=$v.pref.is_prod outname=$v.out_name')

vlib/compiler/main.v

@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ pub mut:
 						 // work on the builtin module itself.
 	//generating_vh bool
 	comptime_define string  // -D vfmt for `if $vfmt {`
+	fast bool // use tcc/x64 codegen
 }
 
 // Should be called by main at the end of the compilation process, to cleanup
@@ -930,6 +931,7 @@ pub fn new_v(args[]string) &V {
 		is_run: 'run' in args
 		autofree: '-autofree' in args
 		compress: '-compress' in args
+		fast: '-fast' in args
 		is_repl: is_repl
 		build_mode: build_mode
 		cflags: cflags