On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Dan Sugalski wrote:
> > > Parrot guarantees you can embed 32-bit signed integer constants in the
> > > instruction stream, and that's it. These constants are used to load up
> > > integer registers, sure, but they're also used for jump offsets. Integer
> > > *variable* constants should go in the constant table. We don't have any of
> > > those yet, though. They come in with the PMC stuff.
> >
> >If I understand correctly (always a shaky assumption) are the integer
> >registers also only guaranteed to be 32-bits wide?
>
> Sort of. They're guaranteed to be as big as the native integer you've
> chosen to build Parrot with, and at least 32 bits.
Ok, but does "long long" count as a "native integer"?
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Andy Dougherty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dept. of Physics
Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042
