Immediate means it's stored in the OOP itself, like SmallInteger in 32 bits. Variable word is like variable byte (ByteArray) I suppose, variable size, with indices instead of named instance variables, but each index points to a full word (I guess either 32 or 64bit depending on the VM)
On 17 February 2016 at 16:30, Alexandre Bergel <alexandre.ber...@me.com> wrote: > Hi! > > I have stumbled on: > > Float immediateSubclass: #SmallFloat64 > instanceVariableNames: '' > classVariableNames: '' > package: 'Kernel-Numbers’ > > > Float variableWordSubclass: #BoxedFloat64 > instanceVariableNames: '' > classVariableNames: '' > package: 'Kernel-Numbers’ > > > What are immediate subclass and word variable? > > Cheers, > Alexandre > > -- > _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: > Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu > ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;. > > > > >
