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Diffstat (limited to 'HACKING')
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ and which points to a heap object (at least according to its bit field; is_ptr does not validate the pointer). The codes 01 10 and 11 indicate immediate values: values of type NUM, CHR and -LIT, respectively. That is to say, if the tag bits are 01, then then remaining +LIT, respectively. That is to say, if the tag bits are 01, then the remaining upper bits of the pointer constitute a signed integer. The range of this integer is NUM_MIN to NUM_MAX, defined in lib.h. The code 10 is for characters: the remaining bits of the pointer encode a wchar_t value. The bits |