Proposal: [90] Revise Rationale of Buffer:
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AntonErtl
[90] Revise Rationale of Buffer:Proposal2019-07-06 15:45:25
AntonErtlNew Version: [90] Revise Rationale of Buffer:
Here's a possible text for the revised Rationale:
As a programmer, if your usage complies with the restrictions of BUFFER: (in particular, no adjacent initialized data that you want to treat as contiguous with the BUFFER: data), use BUFFER: instead of CREATE ALLOT, for image size reduction on some systems.
As a system implementor, you can put the BUFFER: data in uninitialized memory.
ruv
Just for reference, see also the discussion concerning addresses between different runs from the same saved image. Probably, this issue should be discussed further and reflected in the rationale too.