1 ;;;; This software is part of the SBCL system. See the README file for
4 ;;;; This software is derived from the CMU CL system, which was
5 ;;;; written at Carnegie Mellon University and released into the
6 ;;;; public domain. The software is in the public domain and is
7 ;;;; provided with absolutely no warranty. See the COPYING and CREDITS
8 ;;;; files for more information.
12 ;;; the number of bits at the low end of a pointer used for type
14 (def!constant n-lowtag-bits 3)
15 ;;; a mask to extract the low tag bits from a pointer
16 (def!constant lowtag-mask (1- (ash 1 n-lowtag-bits)))
17 ;;; the exclusive upper bound on the value of the low tag bits from a
19 (def!constant lowtag-limit (ash 1 n-lowtag-bits))
21 ;;; the number of bits used in the header word of a data block to store
23 (def!constant n-widetag-bits 8)
24 ;;; a mask to extract the type from a data block header word
25 (def!constant widetag-mask (1- (ash 1 n-widetag-bits)))
27 (def!constant sb!xc:most-positive-fixnum (1- (ash 1 29))
29 "the fixnum closest in value to positive infinity")
30 (def!constant sb!xc:most-negative-fixnum (ash -1 29)
32 "the fixnum closest in value to negative infinity")