diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index b08c142290..ea6a1973e7 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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-D 2018-12-29T02:26:59.013
+C Additional\ssmall\sperformance\sincrease\sand\ssize\sreduction\sto\sthe\nsqlite3VdbeMakeLabel()\smechanism.
+D 2018-12-29T14:23:22.316
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F Makefile.in d8b254f8bb81bab43c340d70d17dc3babab40fcc8a348c8255881f780a45fee6
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ F src/shell.c.in 207da30342db0b6fac8b2487abd60b059a5ea80cc9494bd1db76a1dd4aae7cc
 F src/sqlite.h.in b54cd42d2f3b739a00de540cafe2dcd0de3b8e1748a2db33a68def487e9e602f
 F src/sqlite3.rc 5121c9e10c3964d5755191c80dd1180c122fc3a8
 F src/sqlite3ext.h 960f1b86c3610fa23cb6a267572a97dcf286e77aa0dd3b9b23292ffaa1ea8683
-F src/sqliteInt.h c2ac6a115b0cba20d9152fc5ae3f20067d56ea0e410f710fc46501071faca1e8
+F src/sqliteInt.h 802b760a21fadfe015e0c33b34882e5bb6953a70b36c33012c609a9bb5980012
 F src/sqliteLimit.h 1513bfb7b20378aa0041e7022d04acb73525de35b80b252f1b83fedb4de6a76b
 F src/status.c 46e7aec11f79dad50965a5ca5fa9de009f7d6bde08be2156f1538a0a296d4d0e
 F src/table.c b46ad567748f24a326d9de40e5b9659f96ffff34
@@ -582,10 +582,10 @@ F src/utf.c 810fbfebe12359f10bc2a011520a6e10879ab2a163bcb26c74768eab82ea62a5
 F src/util.c d9eb0a6c4aae1b00a7369eadd7ca0bbe946cb4c953b6751aa20d357c2f482157
 F src/vacuum.c 3ffe64ecfc94b7528c5d7bdb1c3a19d72fec63f2aa846e3b90f8de5dbbddf5aa
 F src/vdbe.c 8869a60f4b910c0f6d4ae0f0e23b7a835cae7ed67aa0ce2053d1bbe3e9facc53
-F src/vdbe.h 21725193a09f5144ec0f60fa0b303a7c81524677afa03b4ceb36481556732fb8
+F src/vdbe.h b61a6f4f23ca4f5e789f4fc9d55acd4570d50d3288457651e501d839f5167c1f
 F src/vdbeInt.h a76d5eed62c76bcd8de7afd3147fac1bc40c5a870582664bcd7d071ef437c37f
 F src/vdbeapi.c 57a2d794a8833f269b878dbc24e955369bdb379af6c4e93ebc5ce1a20fa3daf4
-F src/vdbeaux.c 3fe9349afcf32215c61a6f0884d1f4201180e096dfa38806023a5ad8d036e658
+F src/vdbeaux.c 1b47c59c0ec59ea138a8bca10e7810059ae6dfa5da3b249be7d31f08953527ab
 F src/vdbeblob.c f5c70f973ea3a9e915d1693278a5f890dc78594300cf4d54e64f2b0917c94191
 F src/vdbemem.c 7b3305bc4a5139f4536ac9b5f61da0f915e49d2e3fdfa87dfdfa9d7aba8bc1e9
 F src/vdbesort.c 90aad5a92608f2dd771c96749beabdb562c9d881131a860a7a5bccf66dc3be7f
@@ -1795,7 +1795,7 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.data 2ed517e100c66dc455b492e1a33350c1b20fbcdc
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.filters 37e51ffedcdb064aad6ff33b6148725226cd608e
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-R 50db16867c109bc4608830ffa30de27c
+P 4a0929ac76d8aa5dd65eac3b83d6bbf41e505e01d175ca0fb2b19ba02d439415
+R 03e098302f2e99c4f7d3aaa87549bd2b
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-Z 2c5a869d2906a2afa3ddf3f6aaade805
+Z c77cecf32a6a6d57b97fc21a20b9218b
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 850a7d0082..d26f72ee27 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4a0929ac76d8aa5dd65eac3b83d6bbf41e505e01d175ca0fb2b19ba02d439415
\ No newline at end of file
+1bdee199a71e0a6c247b85e72de9e3a3099b7179c33288735721facef3b96459
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/sqliteInt.h b/src/sqliteInt.h
index 1db0bc4c8f..e056088fcd 100644
--- a/src/sqliteInt.h
+++ b/src/sqliteInt.h
@@ -3068,7 +3068,7 @@ struct Parse {
   int szOpAlloc;       /* Bytes of memory space allocated for Vdbe.aOp[] */
   int iSelfTab;        /* Table associated with an index on expr, or negative
                        ** of the base register during check-constraint eval */
-  int nLabel;          /* Number of labels used */
+  int nLabel;          /* The *negative* of the number of labels used */
   int nLabelAlloc;     /* Number of slots in aLabel */
   int *aLabel;         /* Space to hold the labels */
   ExprList *pConstExpr;/* Constant expressions */
diff --git a/src/vdbe.h b/src/vdbe.h
index 7a0312a04a..8928798f15 100644
--- a/src/vdbe.h
+++ b/src/vdbe.h
@@ -156,12 +156,11 @@ typedef struct VdbeOpList VdbeOpList;
 #endif
 
 /*
-** The following macro converts a relative address in the p2 field
-** of a VdbeOp structure into a negative number so that 
-** sqlite3VdbeAddOpList() knows that the address is relative.  Calling
-** the macro again restores the address.
+** The following macro converts a label returned by sqlite3VdbeMakeLabel()
+** into an index into the Parse.aLabel[] array that contains the resolved
+** address of that label.
 */
-#define ADDR(X)  (-1-(X))
+#define ADDR(X)  (~(X))
 
 /*
 ** The makefile scans the vdbe.c source file and creates the "opcodes.h"
diff --git a/src/vdbeaux.c b/src/vdbeaux.c
index 77e72e0461..193b24db8c 100644
--- a/src/vdbeaux.c
+++ b/src/vdbeaux.c
@@ -445,11 +445,22 @@ void sqlite3VdbeEndCoroutine(Vdbe *v, int regYield){
 ** The VDBE knows that a P2 value is a label because labels are
 ** always negative and P2 values are suppose to be non-negative.
 ** Hence, a negative P2 value is a label that has yet to be resolved.
+** (Later:) This is only true for opcodes that have the OPFLG_JUMP
+** property.
 **
-** Zero is returned if a malloc() fails.
+** Variable usage notes:
+**
+**     Parse.aLabel[x]     Stores the address that the x-th label resolves
+**                         into.  For testing (SQLITE_DEBUG), unresolved
+**                         labels stores -1, but that is not required.
+**     Parse.nLabelAlloc   Number of slots allocated to Parse.aLabel[]
+**     Parse.nLabel        The *negative* of the number of labels that have
+**                         been issued.  The negative is stored because
+**                         that gives a performance improvement over storing
+**                         the equivalent positive value.
 */
 int sqlite3VdbeMakeLabel(Parse *pParse){
-  return ADDR(pParse->nLabel++);
+  return --pParse->nLabel;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -458,7 +469,7 @@ int sqlite3VdbeMakeLabel(Parse *pParse){
 ** a prior call to sqlite3VdbeMakeLabel().
 */
 static SQLITE_NOINLINE void resizeResolveLabel(Parse *p, Vdbe *v, int j){
-  int nNewSize = p->nLabel+10;
+  int nNewSize = 10 - p->nLabel;
   p->aLabel = sqlite3DbReallocOrFree(p->db, p->aLabel,
                      nNewSize*sizeof(p->aLabel[0]));
   if( p->aLabel==0 ){
@@ -476,14 +487,14 @@ void sqlite3VdbeResolveLabel(Vdbe *v, int x){
   Parse *p = v->pParse;
   int j = ADDR(x);
   assert( v->magic==VDBE_MAGIC_INIT );
-  assert( j<p->nLabel );
+  assert( j<-p->nLabel );
   assert( j>=0 );
 #ifdef SQLITE_DEBUG
   if( p->db->flags & SQLITE_VdbeAddopTrace ){
     printf("RESOLVE LABEL %d to %d\n", x, v->nOp);
   }
 #endif
-  if( p->nLabelAlloc < p->nLabel ){
+  if( p->nLabelAlloc + p->nLabel < 0 ){
     resizeResolveLabel(p,v,j);
   }else{
     assert( p->aLabel[j]==(-1) ); /* Labels may only be resolved once */
@@ -761,7 +772,7 @@ static void resolveP2Values(Vdbe *p, int *pMaxFuncArgs){
             ** non-jump opcodes less than SQLITE_MX_JUMP_CODE are guaranteed to
             ** have non-negative values for P2. */
             assert( (sqlite3OpcodeProperty[pOp->opcode] & OPFLG_JUMP)!=0 );
-            assert( ADDR(pOp->p2)<pParse->nLabel );
+            assert( ADDR(pOp->p2)<-pParse->nLabel );
             pOp->p2 = aLabel[ADDR(pOp->p2)];
           }
           break;