lisp: 63 bit -> 56 bit SMI

This massively simplifies the tagging implementation as all types now
have a 1 byte tag.  However, this does make the need for Big Integers
much greater as we've lost 8 bits of precision.
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2026-03-05 18:29:00 +00:00
parent 7f2dcc3ad2
commit a50ca72b24
2 changed files with 28 additions and 46 deletions

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@@ -26,39 +26,26 @@ typedef struct
/// Tagging system
typedef enum Tag
{
TAG_NIL = 0b00000000, // Start of atomic types
TAG_INT = 0b00000001, // Special tag so we can encode 63 bit integers
TAG_SYM = 0b00000100,
TAG_CONS = 0b00000010, // Start of container types
TAG_VEC = 0b00000110,
TAG_INT = 0b00000001, // Atomic types
TAG_SYM = 0b00000011,
TAG_NIL = 0b00000000, // Container types (0 LSB)
TAG_CONS = 0b00000010,
TAG_VEC = 0b00000100,
NUM_TAGS = 5,
} tag_t;
static_assert(NUM_TAGS == 5, "Expected NUM_TAGS == 5 for enum SHIFT");
enum Shift
{
SHIFT_INT = 1,
SHIFT_SYM = 8,
SHIFT_CONS = 8,
SHIFT_VEC = 8,
};
static_assert(NUM_TAGS == 5, "Expected NUM_TAGS == 5 for enum MASK");
enum Mask
{
MASK_INT = 0b00000001,
MASK_SYM = 0b11111111,
MASK_CONS = 0b11111111,
MASK_VEC = 0b11111111,
};
// Some helper macros for tagging
#define TAG(PTR, TYPE) ((lisp_t *)(((PTR) << SHIFT_##TYPE) | TAG_##TYPE))
#define IS_TAG(PTR, TYPE) (((u64)(PTR) & MASK_##TYPE) == TAG_##TYPE)
#define UNTAG(PTR, TYPE) (((u64)PTR) >> SHIFT_##TYPE)
#define SHIFT_TAG (8)
#define MASK_TAG ((1 << SHIFT_TAG) - 1)
#define INT_MAX ((((i64)1) << 62) - 1)
#define INT_MIN (-(((i64)1) << 62))
#define TAG(PTR, TYPE) ((lisp_t *)((((u64)(PTR)) << SHIFT_TAG) | TAG_##TYPE))
#define UNTAG(PTR) (((u64)PTR) >> SHIFT_TAG)
#define GET_TAG(PTR) ((tag_t)(((u64)(PTR)) & MASK_TAG))
#define IS_TAG(PTR, TYPE) (GET_TAG(PTR) == TAG_##TYPE)
#define INT_BITS ((sizeof(i64) * 8) - SHIFT_TAG)
#define INT_MAX ((((i64)1) << (INT_BITS - 1)) - 1)
#define INT_MIN (-(INT_MAX + 1))
tag_t get_tag(const lisp_t *);
lisp_t *tag_int(const i64);