[M3devel] m3gap.... what is it and what does this mean?

[Jay K]

Implied tedious request:
  write some code
  including printing out the values with IO. or RTIO.
  step through
  view in debugger
  verify it all matches
  think about how enums should appear, they are perhaps too short now
  Try subranges, enums, objects, records, fixed arrays, open arrays.
    I'm positive not all of that works though, e.g. arrays for certain. 
 
 - Jay



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> From: dragisha at m3w.org
> To: jay.krell at cornell.edu
> Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 01:48:56 +0200
> CC: m3devel at elegosoft.com
> Subject: Re: [M3devel] m3gap.... what is it and what does this mean?
>
> They are nice as they are, as long as debugging works. Information on
> alignment is good to have.
>
> On Tue, 2010-10-05 at 22:53 +0000, Jay K wrote:
> > 2) The numbers are bit offset and bit size, so not as big as you might
> > think.
> > I can make them trivially byte offsets, if they are multiples of 8, at
> > the cost
> > of possible confusion when they aren't.
> > Or they can just be called _m3gap1, _m3gap2, numbered either per-unit
> > or per-type.
> >
> > I could also try not putting them in at all, but merely bumping the
> > offset
> > of the next field in the same way as current and hoping backend
> > doesn't relayout and move them toward the start.
> --
> Dragiša Durić 
>