+(def!constant lowtag-limit (ash 1 n-lowtag-bits))
+;;; the number of tag bits used for a fixnum
+(def!constant n-fixnum-tag-bits (1- n-lowtag-bits))
+;;; the fixnum tag mask
+(def!constant fixnum-tag-mask (1- (ash 1 n-fixnum-tag-bits)))
+;;; the bit width of positive fixnums
+(def!constant n-positive-fixnum-bits (- n-word-bits n-fixnum-tag-bits 1))
+
+;;; the number of bits to shift between word addresses and byte addresses
+(def!constant word-shift (1- (integer-length (/ n-word-bits n-byte-bits))))
+
+;;; the number of bytes in a word
+(def!constant n-word-bytes (/ n-word-bits n-byte-bits))