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From: flee@shire.cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Pointers as 3-tuples
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Date: 10 Apr 90 17:31:57 GMT
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I just had a nasty thought.  If pointers were implemented as 3-tuples,
then the compiler could generate run-time checks for aliasing, and
then switch to either a fast- or slow-coded loop.  This is probably
doable to some extent without 3-tuple pointers.
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