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Re: What does "tag space" mean?


From: Xue Fuqiao
Subject: Re: What does "tag space" mean?
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 21:39:15 +0800

On Fri, 1 Mar 2013 14:21:45 +0100
Aurélien Aptel <aurelien.aptel+emacs@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com> wrote:
> > What does "tag space" mean here?

> Lisp_Object use 3 bits to store types ie. to "tag" a pointer. Thus, tag
> space can hold 2^3 values.

Ah, I see, thanks.

> I've started to write a small guide to the C code on emacswiki [1].
> Any contribution welcome :)
> 
> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/HackerGuide

Looks great.  I'm not familiar with C code in Emacs, and I'm wondering how to
read the source these days.  Thanks for your help.

-- 
Best regards, Xue Fuqiao.
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/XueFuqiao



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