[For Further Discussions] Better format for structs

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CX Struct definition

One array vs N-arrays

CXStruct

• num fields
• field string
• field offset
• field size
• field type
  • Type ID (CX atomic, cx atomic pointer, cx struct pointer, cx struct)
  • Field
    • If CX atomic then type id
    • if struct pointer then pointer id
    • if cxatomic pointer then the type of the cx atomic

CXStruct Definition

1. A struct
2. the variable layout of a function
3. the inputs to a function
4. the outputs of a function
5. It has the same layout format as a “struct” definition

Is there a “dynamic variable” struct that can define other types at runtime?

TypeID

• CXAtomic
• CXAtomicPointer
• CXStruct
• CXStructPointer
• CXArray
• CXArrayPointer
• etc
  TypeField
• If CXAtomic, then CXAtomic type
• if StructPointer, then the pointer id
• If CXAtomicPointer, then the type of CXAtomic
• etc
  Ptr to data/object
  in theory any operation on fixxed data can now occur on an atomic data

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Arrays of TypeID and TypeFIeld is enough to define a CXFunction, input and output
and the packing of variables in function bodies

CXStruct Definition

1. Type Signatures

• StructFields/Elements/“slots”
• variable type
• the misc mets identifier

2. Data layout/offsets

• Byte offsets for each data field in a struct
• Byte offsets for each data field/variable in a cx function
• Inputs to a function/signature
• Outputs of a function/signature