1. A method comprising: identifying, by a computer, a code sequence configured to perform a variable address reference table function including an access to a variable at an offset outside of a location in a variable address reference table, the code sequence comprising an internal representation (IR) of a first instruction and an IR of a second instruction, the second instruction dependent on the first instruction; modifying a scheduler cost function associated with at least one of the IR of the first instruction and the IR of the second instruction, the modifying including generating a modified scheduler cost function that is configured to place the first instruction next to the second instruction; generating an object file responsive to the modified scheduler cost function, the object file including the first instruction placed next to the second instruction; and emitting the object file.