29 Sep
2009
29 Sep
'09
9:52 p.m.
John Meacham wrote:
What about something like
alloca $ \ptr -> ... where ptr :: Ptr Word8.
wouldn't ptr only need byte alignment? if the implementation allocates such values on the stack then it may be hard to guarentee otherwise.
So, I think the extra verbiage should only apply to routines that allocate based on a size in bytes, rather than when allocating a specific type like with the plain alloca and malloc routines.
I had a knee-jerk reaction against this comment, but the more I reflect the more I agree it's probably the right way to go. Thomas