[MLton] MLton GC and 64-bit port
Matthew Fluet
fluet@cs.cornell.edu
Wed, 27 Jul 2005 18:31:57 -0400 (EDT)
> > Those are some intial thoughts, and may provide a starting point for
> > some discussion.
>
> Just a short note, before going to bed: It's probably desirable (if
> not necessary) to ensure proper alignment of 64 bit objects (doubles,
> integers, pointers). This might complicate things a bit more.
Not much. For the Sparc, we needed to align 64-bit floating point values
with 64-bit alignment, so the infrastructure is already there. It may
need to be revised to align yet more objects.