On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 10:01:03AM +0200, Xavier Leroy wrote:
> > Quick question: are mutable float fields in records or classes
> boxed?
> 
> Yes, with the exception of records that have all fields of type float.
> In the latter case, the record is represented like a float array, with
> each float unboxed.
> 
> > If so, why?
> 
> Mainly because the runtime system and garbage collector support either
> blocks of pointers or blocks of unboxed data, but not mixed blocks
> containing both pointers and unboxed data.

Would it then be false to assume that if you have many floats in a record,
grouping them into a subrecord would reduce the boxing overhead ?
-- 
Berke Durak
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