Re: [Squeak-VMdev] Versiojn 4 changes

[Tim R. <ti...@su...>]

In message <uzn...@YO...>
          Yoshiki Ohshima <Yos...@ac...> wrote:

>   I think once Tim suggested this, but how about using "01" for OOP
> and "00" for SmallInteger?  Some processor's addressing mode let us
> access the word-aligned memory with such pointer, while "no-tag" for
> SmallInteger may save some bit-operations.
Actually I think it was Bryce that suggested this and I objected. IIRC
the suggestor made an argument that I had to admit was plausible. Can't
remember details now.


tim
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