Replace byte pointer with a generic pointer type #107

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belka · 2025-05-19T19:33:02+02:00

belka commented

2025-05-19 19:33:02 +02:00

As it turns out not all typed pointers are the same. There is hardware, where different pointers can have different alignment, depending on the size of the target type. Therefore ^Byte is not suitable as generic pointer type. Introduce Pointer type representing any pointer. nil will be of this type, so it will support implicit conversion from and to this type. Byte isn't needed anymore probably, since Char is basically the same.

As it turns out not all typed pointers are the same. There is hardware, where different pointers can have different alignment, depending on the size of the target type. Therefore `^Byte` is not suitable as generic pointer type. Introduce `Pointer` type representing any pointer. `nil` will be of this type, so it will support implicit conversion from and to this type. `Byte` isn't needed anymore probably, since `Char` is basically the same.

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Reference: belka/elna#107