muse_heap Struct Reference

The muse heap is an array of cells where the cells available for allocation are collected into a free list. More...

#include <muse_opcodes.h>

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Data Fields
int	size_cells
	The heap size given in number of cells.
muse_cell_data *	cells
	Pointer to the heap of cells.
unsigned char *	marks
	An array of marks that is used to keep track of cell references during garbage collection.
muse_cell	free_cells
	A reference to the first cell in the free list.
int	free_cell_count
	The number of free cells.

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Detailed Description

The muse heap is an array of cells where the cells available for allocation are collected into a free list.

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Field Documentation

int muse_heap::size_cells

The heap size given in number of cells.

muse_cell_data* muse_heap::cells

Pointer to the heap of cells.

unsigned char* muse_heap::marks

An array of marks that is used to keep track of cell references during garbage collection.

Each cell is given 1-bit in the marks array, hence the size of the marks array is 1/8 of the total number of cells in the heap.

muse_cell muse_heap::free_cells

A reference to the first cell in the free list.

int muse_heap::free_cell_count

The number of free cells.

This is used nearly only for diagnostic purposes. May be removed in the future for efficiency reasons.

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The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file:

• muse_opcodes.h

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