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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/rts/rts.tex | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/rts/rts.tex b/docs/rts/rts.tex index bd54824707..d5d4f6d67d 100644 --- a/docs/rts/rts.tex +++ b/docs/rts/rts.tex @@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ only requires one argument so it leaves the second argument as a until @f@ calls @g@ which requires two arguments: the argument passed to it by @f@ and the pending argument which was passed to @f@. -Unboxed pending arguments are always preceeded by a ``tag'' which says +Unboxed pending arguments are always preceded by a ``tag'' which says how large the argument is. This allows the garbage collector to locate pointers within the stack. @@ -3250,7 +3250,7 @@ entered a @AP@ by switching worlds, entering the @AP@, pushing the arguments and function onto the stack, and entering the function which, likely as not, will be a byte-code object which we will enter by \emph{returning} to the byte-code interpreter. To avoid such -gratuitious world switching, we choose to recognise certain closure +gratuitous world switching, we choose to recognise certain closure types as being ``standard'' --- and duplicate the entry code for the ``standard closures'' in the bytecode interpreter. |