Module mmtk::util::address

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An abstract of memory address and object reference.

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  • Address
    Address represents an arbitrary address. This is designed to represent address and do address arithmetic mostly in a safe way, and to allow mark some operations as unsafe. This type needs to be zero overhead (memory wise and time wise). The idea is from the paper High-level Low-level Programming (VEE09) and JikesRVM.
  • ObjectReference
    ObjectReference represents address for an object. Compared with Address, operations allowed on ObjectReference are very limited. No address arithmetics are allowed for ObjectReference. The idea is from the paper Demystifying Magic: High-level Low-level Programming (VEE09) and JikesRVM.

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