Add clarifying comments
authorsimonpj@microsoft.com <unknown>
Fri, 7 Sep 2007 10:10:46 +0000 (10:10 +0000)
committersimonpj@microsoft.com <unknown>
Fri, 7 Sep 2007 10:10:46 +0000 (10:10 +0000)
compiler/codeGen/SMRep.lhs

index ed0a440..4bc1222 100644 (file)
@@ -119,8 +119,10 @@ entry to the garbage collector.
 \begin{code}
 data CgRep 
   = VoidArg    -- Void
-  | PtrArg     -- Word-sized Ptr
+  | PtrArg     -- Word-sized heap pointer, followed
+               -- by the garbage collector
   | NonPtrArg  -- Word-sized non-pointer
+               -- (including addresses not followed by GC)
   | LongArg    -- 64-bit non-pointer
   | FloatArg   -- 32-bit float
   | DoubleArg  -- 64-bit float