Organizing VM sources, CCodeGenerator: suggestionsandquestions

Bob Arning arning at charm.net
Wed Dec 29 19:19:58 UTC 1999


On Wed, 29 Dec 1999 19:55:32 +0100 Stephan Rudlof <sr at evolgo.de> wrote:
>But how is it with objects in the special objects array?
>Are object pointers stored in the special objects array constant -
>during one run of squeak - or not?

No, they are not constant. The special objects array is just that: an Array. What's special about it is that the VM knows directly of its existence and contents. During a compaction phase any oops in this array are adjusted if the object they point to moves.

Cheers,
Bob





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