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In the talk you mention that if you have multiple calls in an instruction that the return from one call returns directly to the subsequent called function. You give the example of F(G(a+b)). The instruction would be “add-call-call” where the add is in op phase and the calls are in call phase. A couple of questions:

1. Is this true if the code were G(a+b); F(c+d); (i.e. does the retn in G go directly to F)?
2. How are the belt and stack setup for F? Presumably G’s stack must be cut back and F’s stack established (although with IZ, this should be a simpler process on the Mill) but G’s belt must be established as well. Is this also information stored by the spiller (in addition to return addresses, as described in the security talk)? Does the FU that processes the retn have access to that saved state (something like a belt list you’d pass with a call) to setup the next call (i.e. the call to F)?

Thanks in advance for your answers.