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Consider using a bitvector for lua memory type tracking. #23

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MDFL64 opened this issue Jun 8, 2019 · 0 comments
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Consider using a bitvector for lua memory type tracking. #23

MDFL64 opened this issue Jun 8, 2019 · 0 comments
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MDFL64 commented Jun 8, 2019

Currently memory types are tracked using a (hash)table.

Performing a table lookup for every memory operation is probably not the best idea. Type ids only take up 2 bits of space, so we should be able to store 16 cells (64 bytes) worth of type ids per bitvector cell.
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