>>>>> "Camm" == Camm Maguire <[email protected]> writes:
Camm> Greetings! Henry Baker <[email protected]> writes:
>> Does GCL use some sort of bit mask for argument lists?
>>
>> That's fine, but I'm having trouble understanding when a bit
>> mask will be useful beyond -- e.g., 32 arguments.
>>
>> After than, either the function accepts _any_ number of
>> arguments, or it doesn't accept that many at all.
>>
Camm> Its a 32bit wide call descriptor which has 6 bits each for
Camm> the maximum and minimum number of arguments, in addition to
Camm> type info for the first 6 arguments, return value info, etc.
Just out of curiosity. Why do you need type info for the arguments?
Don't you pass around boxed objects and also return boxed objects?
Ray
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