[clang][bytecode] Use tailcalls via `[[clang::musttail]]` (#173756) This PR attempts to use a tailcall design for the bytecode interpreter instead of the giant-switch design, similar to [what Python has been doing](https://blog.reverberate.org/2025/02/10/tail-call-updates.html). Using the two benchmarks from https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/10/15/clang-bytecode-interpreter-update, I get these numbers: ``` -- Sqlite BASELINE: Benchmark 1: bin/clang++ -c -std=c++26 sqlite.cpp -fconstexpr-steps=1000000000 Time (mean ± σ): 18.197 s ± 0.370 s [User: 17.926 s, System: 0.269 s] Range (min … max): 17.657 s … 19.215 s 30 runs BEFORE: Benchmark 1: bin/clang++ -c -std=c++26 sqlite.cpp -fconstexpr-steps=1000000000 -fexperimental-new-constant-interpreter Time (mean ± σ): 8.156 s ± 0.148 s [User: 7.881 s, System: 0.273 s] Range (min … max): 7.909 s … 8.491 s 30 runs AFTER: Benchmark 1: bin/clang++ -c -std=c++26 sqlite.cpp -fconstexpr-steps=1000000000 -fexperimental-new-constant-interpreter Time (mean ± σ): 7.492 s ± 0.171 s [User: 7.214 s, System: 0.277 s] Range (min … max): 7.213 s … 7.876 s 30 runs -- Heap allocation: BASELINE: Benchmark 1: bin/clang++ -c -std=c++26 test.cpp -fconstexpr-steps=1000000000 Time (mean ± σ): 28.650 s ± 0.475 s [User: 28.627 s, System: 0.021 s] Range (min … max): 27.767 s … 29.554 s 30 runs BEFORE: Benchmark 1: bin/clang++ -c -std=c++26 test.cpp -fconstexpr-steps=1000000000 -fexperimental-new-constant-interpreter Time (mean ± σ): 4.543 s ± 0.194 s [User: 4.527 s, System: 0.016 s] Range (min … max): 4.340 s … 5.143 s 30 runs AFTER: Benchmark 1: bin/clang++ -c -std=c++26 test.cpp -fconstexpr-steps=1000000000 -fexperimental-new-constant-interpreter Time (mean ± σ): 4.055 s ± 0.140 s [User: 4.039 s, System: 0.015 s] Range (min … max): 3.827 s … 4.430 s 30 runs ``` However, the numbers on the compile-time tracker are slightly worse: https://llvm-compile-time-tracker.com/compare.php?from=699354a4146e2ebc7e7c7aa84d14c396a4300508&to=0b9191c493c35d33721c9aad7ab341fe2a731f3f&stat=instructions:u
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