Damn you were faster. Am 25.03.2017 07:57 schrieb "Alexander Burger" <[email protected]>:
> Hi Christopher, > > > (list (box) (box) (box)) > > ... > > ($177760526373112 $177760526373114 $177760526373116) > > > Where each memory location is two more than the previous. I am wondering > > Yes. BTW, these are actually cell addresses, not bytes. The values have to > be > multiplied by 16 to get the physical addresses. And the value is printed in > octal representation. > > Two cell are created for each symbol here, one for the symbol itself and > one for > the list being built. > > > > if this behavior is guaranteed to always be the case, the implication > > The observed offset of two is not guaranteed. Cells are picked > sequentially from > the heap in the beginning, but from the Avail list after garbage > collection, and > are not predictable. > > > > being one could have random access to any cell provided he knew the > > address of the first cell. > > Correct. There is even a function for that, 'adr': > > : (box) > -> $377166006651 > > : (adr @) > -> -34256457129 > > : (oct @) > -> "-377166006651" > > ♪♫ Alex > -- > UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe >
