Hi Folks,

Cuis already includes Float64Array in the base image. As usual, feel 
free to take the code to your preferred dialect. Primitives such those 
for FloatArray would be a welcome addition!

Cheers,

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On 1/13/2020 8:24 PM, Eliot Miranda wrote:
>
> Hi Levente,
>
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 2:21 PM Levente Uzonyi <leves at caesar.elte.hu 
> <mailto:leves at caesar.elte.hu>> wrote:
>
>      Hi Eliot,
>
>     While we're extending specialObjectsArray, it may make sense adding
>     FloatArray and the currently non-existent Float64Array as well.
>
>
> Good point.  An at:[put:] primitive pair for Float64Array makes sense 
> too.
>
>     Levente
>
>     On Mon, 13 Jan 2020, Eliot Miranda wrote:
>
>     > Hi All,
>     >     currently the following slots in the specialObjectsArray are
>     unused in both Squeak and Pharo (& I suspect Cuis).
>     >
>     > newArray at: 32 put: nil. "was the prototype Float"
>     > newArray at: 33 put: nil. "was the prototype 4-byte
>     LargePositiveInteger"
>     > newArray at: 34 put: nil. "was the prototype Point"
>     >
>     > The specialObjectsArray already contains ByteArray
>     > newArray at: 27 put: ByteArray.
>     >
>     > I would like to have a full set of little-endian unsigned
>     integer arrays.  In Spur Squeak these are ByteArray,
>     DoubleByteArray, WordArray (Bitmap is big endian), and
>     DoubleWordArray.  The VM's at:[put:] directly supports
>     > these four at the JIT level giving us efficient unsigned
>     access.  There is also efficient signed access for some signed
>     arrays but these are less useful (at least in theVM simulator).
>     >
>     > I want to make all four unsigned integer array classs available
>     to plugins etc via the interpreterProxy.  So here's a formal
>     request to reserve these values for use as follows:
>     > newArray at: 27 put: ByteArray.
>     > ...
>     > newArray at: 32 put: DoubleByteArray.
>     > newArray at: 33 put: WordArray.
>     > newArray at: 34 put: DoubleWordArray.
>     >
>     > _,,,^..^,,,_
>     > best, Eliot
>     >
>     >
>     >
>
>
>
> -- 
> _,,,^..^,,,_
> best, Eliot

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