[cmucl-imp] Static array support

Carl Shapiro carl.shapiro at gmail.com
Mon Nov 30 23:59:22 CET 2009


On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 7:04 AM, Raymond Toy <toy.raymond at gmail.com> wrote:
> To create a static array, use make-array with :allocation :static.

It would be great if the name :static could be reserved for the static
part of the Lisp heap.  The name :malloc is more descriptive and less
ambiguous.

>    * Only certain unboxed element types are allowed: strings; 8, 16,
>      and 32 bit integers (signed and unsigned); single and double
>      floats; and complex single and double floats.

Can we invert the test and have an exclusion for arrays of type T and
include everything else?



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