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Scalar Replacement of Aggregates: How "Copy to Locals" Unlocks the Compiler

How copying a small aggregate into local variables exposes Scalar Replacement of Aggregates to LLVM, letting hot loops keep state in registers instead of repeatedly loading and storing through a pointer—illustrated with Zig/Rust reproductions and TigerBeetle's AEGIS-128L speedup.

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