From 74aabb3af983478324db6dbe3ab021d1a0cc9230 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Brooke Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 11:19:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Brief definition of a cons pointer. --- cons-pointer.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) create mode 100644 cons-pointer.md diff --git a/cons-pointer.md b/cons-pointer.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..845ecb9 --- /dev/null +++ b/cons-pointer.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +A pointer to an object in [[cons space]]; initially, a raw 64 bit address. May later be decomposed into a page reference and a page offset, but that is unlikely to happen in version one. + +Nevertheless a distinction should be maintained between a cons pointer and a raw address, to make later refactoring easier. \ No newline at end of file