[Vm-dev] CompiledMethod header bits index 29 (flag bit)

[Stefan Marr]

Hi:

What is the intention of the flag bit in the CompiledMethod header?

Just interested what it is good for, or was used for originally.
More specifically, I would like to verify that I can just reuse it without having to worry about to many incompatibilities.

My understanding so far is that it is only used to highlight methods in a browser.

Thanks
Stefan

PS: the split encoding of the primitive code seems also to be a beautiful artifact of an old legacy ;)

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