Adding a new imediate type

Joerg Beekmann joerg at deepcovelabs.com
Mon Jan 2 07:30:20 UTC 2006


Can anyone comment on how much work would be involved in
1) Adding a new 32bit field to the object header
2) Adding a new immediate type like integer, presumable by adding 
another tag bit.

I'm just looking for a very rough estimate. Do these tasks involve 
tracking down a bunch of constants and then rebuilding everything, 
tedious but a with a known path to follow. Or will this involve much more.

regards Joerg

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