Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of Commentary/Rts/HeapObjects

Timestamp:

09/07/06 03:14:26 (7 years ago)

Author:

simonmar

Comment:

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Commentary/Rts/HeapObjects

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 Unboxed tuples {{{(#...#)}}} are both unlifted and unboxed.  They are represented by multiple values passed in registers or on the stack, according to the [wiki:Commentary/Rts/HaskellExecution return convention].
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 == Heap Objects ==
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 need to.
 
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 == Info Tables ==
 
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 When {{{TABLES_NEXT_TO_CODE}}} is off, info tables get another field, {{{entry}}}, which points to the entry code.  In a generated object file, each symbol {{{X_info}}} representing an info table will have an associated symbol {{{X_entry}}} pointing to the entry code (in {{{TABLES_NEXT_TO_CODE}}}, the entry symbol is omitted to keep the size of symbol tables down).
 
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 == Dynamic vs. Static objects ==
 
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 variant.  To access the static link field of a closure, use the
 {{{STATIC_LINK()}}} macro from [[GhcFile(includes/ClosureMacros.h)]].
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 == Types of object ==
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 which points to the new location of the object.
 
-== The stack, and stack objects ==
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-=== Return addresses ===
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-{{{RET_BCO}}},
-{{{RET_SMALL}}},
-{{{RET_VEC_SMALL}}},
-{{{RET_BIG}}},
-{{{RET_VEC_BIG}}},
-{{{RET_DYN}}},
-{{{RET_FUN}}},
-{{{UPDATE_FRAME}}},
-{{{CATCH_FRAME}}},
-{{{STOP_FRAME}}},
-{{{ATOMICALLY_FRAME}}},
-{{{CATCH_RETRY_FRAME}}},
-{{{CATCH_STM_FRAME}}}
-
 == Objects for PAR, GRAN ==