feat(tvix/eval): Don't emit OpForce for non-thunk constants

In the compiler, skip emitting an OpForce if the last op was an
OpConstant for a non-thunk constant. This gives a small (~1% on my
machine) perf boost, eg when evaluating hello.outPath:

    ❯ hyperfine \
        "./before --no-warnings -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).hello.outPath'" \
        "./after --no-warnings -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).hello.outPath'"
    Benchmark 1: ./before --no-warnings -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).hello.outPath'
      Time (mean ± σ):      1.151 s ±  0.022 s    [User: 1.003 s, System: 0.151 s]
      Range (min … max):    1.123 s …  1.184 s    10 runs

    Benchmark 2: ./after --no-warnings -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).hello.outPath'
      Time (mean ± σ):      1.140 s ±  0.022 s    [User: 0.989 s, System: 0.152 s]
      Range (min … max):    1.115 s …  1.175 s    10 runs

    Summary
      ./after --no-warnings -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).hello.outPath' ran
        1.01 ± 0.03 times faster than ./before --no-warnings -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).hello.outPath'

Change-Id: I2105fd431d4bad699087907e16c789418e9a4062
Reviewed-on: https://cl.tvl.fyi/c/depot/+/10714
Reviewed-by: sterni <sternenseemann@systemli.org>
Reviewed-by: tazjin <tazjin@tvl.su>
Tested-by: BuildkiteCI
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Aspen Smith 2024-01-30 14:21:53 -05:00 committed by aspen
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@ -724,6 +724,13 @@ impl Value {
gen_is!(is_attrs, Value::Attrs(_));
gen_is!(is_catchable, Value::Catchable(_));
/// Returns `true` if the value is a [`Thunk`].
///
/// [`Thunk`]: Value::Thunk
pub fn is_thunk(&self) -> bool {
matches!(self, Self::Thunk(..))
}
/// Compare `self` against other using (fallible) Nix ordering semantics.
///
/// The function is intended to be used from within other generator