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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | web/news.txt | 3 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual.txt b/doc/manual.txt index 9497e957d..08ed6f8d1 100644 --- a/doc/manual.txt +++ b/doc/manual.txt @@ -5392,9 +5392,14 @@ should scan unions conservatively. Packed pragma ------------- -The `packed`:idx: pragma can be applied to any ``object`` type. It ensures that the fields of an object is packed back-to-back in memory. It is useful to store packets or messages from/to network or hardware drivers, and for interoperability with C. Combining packed pragma with inheritance is not defined, and it should not be used with GC'ed memory (ref's). - -**Future directions**: Using GC'ed memory in packed pragma will result in compile-time error. Usage with inheretinence should be defined and documented. +The `packed`:idx: pragma can be applied to any ``object`` type. It ensures +that the fields of an object is packed back-to-back in memory. It is useful +to store packets or messages from/to network or hardware drivers, and for +interoperability with C. Combining packed pragma with inheritance is not +defined, and it should not be used with GC'ed memory (ref's). + +**Future directions**: Using GC'ed memory in packed pragma will result in +compile-time error. Usage with inheritance should be defined and documented. Unchecked pragma ---------------- diff --git a/web/news.txt b/web/news.txt index 7f5526665..9c84b5490 100644 --- a/web/news.txt +++ b/web/news.txt @@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ News evaluation. - ``--gc:none`` produces warnings when code uses the GC. - A ``union`` pragma for better C interoperability is now supported. - - A ``packed`` pragma to control the memory packing/alignment of fields in an object. + - A ``packed`` pragma to control the memory packing/alignment of fields in + an object. - Arrays can be annotated to be ``unchecked`` for easier low level manipulations of memory. |