I don't remember whether it was me or someone else, but it's fixed in the latest docs:
Represents a “prefix” that is pushed onto the stack to initiate evaluation. The prefix is an array, where buckets holding the values for toplevels are first, then the buckets for the stxs, then a bucket for another array if stxs is non-empty, then num-lifts extra buckets for lifted local procedures. At Tue, 24 May 2011 14:36:15 -0400, Danny Yoo wrote: > >> which appear to index into offset 83 and 82 of the prefix. However, > >> the prefix is only supposed to have space for 7 num-lifts, plus 68 > >> toplevels, plus 1 more bucket to hold syntax. > > > > No, there's a bucket for each syntax object (plus the one bucket for > > having any syntax objects at all), which is another 8 buckets. > > Ok, I'm definitely confused then. Here's what's in zo-parse's documentation: > > > http://docs.racket-lang.org/raco/decompile.html#(def._((lib._compiler/zo-parse.. > rkt)._prefix)) > > """Represents a “prefix” that is pushed onto the stack to initiate > evaluation. The prefix is an array, where buckets holding the values > for toplevels are first, then a bucket for another array if stxs is > non-empty, then num-lifts extra buckets for lifted local > procedures.""" > > > The documentation makes it sound like the number of buckets is: > > (+ number-of-toplevels > (if (> number-of-syntaxes 0) 1 0) > number-of-lifts) > > But if I understand you correctly, you're saying that it really should be: > > (+ number-of-toplevels > number-of-syntaxes > (if (> number-of-syntaxes 0) 1 0) > number-of-lifts) > > > And that the layout should be toplevels, followed by syntax buckets, > followed by lift buckets. Is that right? _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
