Jonathan Sillito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 2 Nov 2002, Juergen Boemmels wrote: > > > Ok, I tested the patch (I tried to use this scratchpads for the scheme > > compiler) > > One thing I missed (or at least didn't find): How can I generate a new > > scope? new_pad generates a new one one the pad stack with a size which > > is actually smaller than the current one. > > I may be misunderstanding the question, but I'll try and answer anyway. > There are two ways to create a new scratchpad. The first looks like: > > op new_pad(in INT) > > which creates a new scratchpad and grabs to depth <int> of the current > scope (i.e. the scratchpad at the top of the stack). This I think will > be the usual way to create a new scope. The alternative looks like this: > > op new_pad(out PMC, in INT) > > which does the same as the previous form, but does not push the new pad > on the stack, rather it is stored in the given PMC register. > > Does that answer your question?
Oh I totally misread your patch. new_pad does two things: It creates a new scratchpad and creates a new scope in this pad. Ok that helps. b. -- Juergen Boemmels [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fachbereich Physik Tel: ++49-(0)631-205-2817 Universitaet Kaiserslautern Fax: ++49-(0)631-205-3906 PGP Key fingerprint = 9F 56 54 3D 45 C1 32 6F 23 F6 C7 2F 85 93 DD 47
