(in-package "SB!VM")
-(def!constant n-word-bits 32
- "Number of bits per word where a word holds one lisp descriptor.")
+;;; number of bits per word where a word holds one lisp descriptor
+(def!constant n-word-bits 32)
;;; the natural width of a machine word (as seen in e.g. register width,
;;; address space)
(def!constant n-machine-word-bits 32)
-(def!constant n-byte-bits 8
- "Number of bits per byte where a byte is the smallest addressable object.")
-
-(def!constant word-shift (1- (integer-length (/ n-word-bits n-byte-bits)))
- "Number of bits to shift between word addresses and byte addresses.")
-
-(def!constant n-word-bytes (/ n-word-bits n-byte-bits)
- "Number of bytes in a word.")
+;;; number of bits per byte where a byte is the smallest addressable
+;;; object
+(def!constant n-byte-bits 8)
(def!constant float-sign-shift 31)