#549: Kill UnionVal
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Reporter: whiteknight | Owner:
Type: todo | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
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Severity: medium | Keywords: UnionVal
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Thanks to cotto++, PMCs now don't rely on UnionVal anymore. However, a
number of other structures still do rely on it:
1) call_state structures, as used in the various calling conventions and
JIT system files
2) stacks, especially in src/stacks.c.
3) Lists, in src/list.c.
4) STRINGs, in src/string/*. Uses mostly buflen and bufstart to manage
system memory. Also shows up in a few places in src/gc/* where string
memory is managed.
There are a few other places maybe too. We're going to have to fix up all
these systems to avoid UnionVal before we can remove it completely.
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