disable LOADNIL code generation optimisation#523
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The `AddLoadNil` method used to merge multiple consecutive LOADNIL instructions of consecutive registers into a single LOADNIL instruction, but it caused issues when the merged instructions were JMP targets, and so generated invalid code; so the merging functionality has been removed. It is safe to merge the LOADNIL instructions under certain conditions, but additional logic / complexity would be needed.
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AddLoadNilmethod is used to merge multiple consecutive LOADNIL instructions of consecutive registers into a single LOADNIL instruction, but it caused issues when the merged instructions were JMP targets, and so generated invalid code; so the merging functionality has been removed.It is safe to merge the LOADNIL instructions under certain conditions, but additional logic / complexity would be needed to determine this, hence simply disabling merging for now.
Fixes #522