$args{addr_bits} //= 8;
$args{freeptr} //= 6;
$args{memory} //= [0, 0, (1<<$args{addr_bits}), (1<<$args{addr_bits}), 0, 0, 0];
- $args{comment} = ['(cdr part of NIL)', '(car part of NIL)', '(cdr part of T)', '(car part of T)', '(free storage pointer)', '', '(result of computation)'];
+ my @default_comments = ('(cdr part of NIL)', '(car part of NIL)', '(cdr part of T)', '(car part of T)', '(free storage pointer)', '', '(result of computation)');
+ for (0 .. $#default_comments) {
+ $args{comment}[$_] = $default_comments[$_]
+ }
bless \%args, $class
}
C<(tag value)>, for example C<(symbol 2)>, represents a value to be
put in memory (for example a number, or a symbol, or a variable
-reference).
+reference). The value must be a number.
C<(tag list)>, where C<list> is of one of these three types,
represents a tagged pointer. In this case, C<list> is (recursively)
A word is made of a type and an address, with the type occupying the
most significant C<type_bits> (default 3) bits, and the address
occupying the least significant C<address_bits> (default 8) bits.
-Therefore the word size is C<type_bits + address_bits> (default 13).
+Therefore the word size is C<type_bits + address_bits> (default 11).
=item freeptr
=item comment
The initial comments for memory entries. C<< $comment->[$i] >> is the
-comment for C<< $memory->[$i] >>.
+comment for C<< $memory->[$i] >>. Note that the first 7 entries of
+this array will be overwritten with the default comments. This is
+useful when using custom initial memory contents and freeptr, because
+this key can be used to provide comments for the extra reserved
+locations in memory.
=back