Makes sense. Thanks! Alexandre
On Feb 17, 2016, at 1:54 PM, Damien Pollet <damien.pollet+pharo@gmail.com> wrote:
Immediate means it's stored in the OOP itself, like SmallInteger in 32 bits. Variable word is like variable byte (ByteArray) I suppose, variable size, with indices instead of named instance variables, but each index points to a full word (I guess either 32 or 64bit depending on the VM)
On 17 February 2016 at 16:30, Alexandre Bergel <alexandre.bergel@me.com> wrote: Hi!
I have stumbled on:
Float immediateSubclass: #SmallFloat64 instanceVariableNames: '' classVariableNames: '' package: 'Kernel-Numbersâ
Float variableWordSubclass: #BoxedFloat64 instanceVariableNames: '' classVariableNames: '' package: 'Kernel-Numbersâ
What are immediate subclass and word variable?
Cheers, Alexandre
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