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Use side metadata specs as default for ObjectModel #362

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qinsoon opened this issue Jul 1, 2021 · 1 comment
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Use side metadata specs as default for ObjectModel #362

qinsoon opened this issue Jul 1, 2021 · 1 comment
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A-interface Area: Interface/API C-enhancement Category: Enhancement P-normal Priority: Normal.

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qinsoon commented Jul 1, 2021

We should have default side metadata specs for ObjectModel so binding developers could use mmtk-core straight away with all object metadata on the side.

@qinsoon qinsoon added C-enhancement Category: Enhancement A-interface Area: Interface/API labels Jul 1, 2021
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wks commented Nov 29, 2023

It should be possible. The Ruby binding currently puts all metadata except the forwarding pointer on the side.

In today's meeting, we discussed that forwarding pointers should not be implemented as a metadata. We can by default place all metadata on the side, and use the first word of an object (relative to the raw object reference) as the forwarding pointer. See #1030 for more discussions.

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