[pypy-dev] unaligned raw_load (align_float_cast branch)

[Armin Rigo]

Hi Matti,

On 18 February 2014 14:05, matti picus <matti.picus at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to ask for help with this branch, as I have not been able to
> move it forward fast enough.

I moved it forward a little bit, but now I'm wondering if it actually
makes sense.  What is the goal?  Is it to fix a problem in ctypes
only, by fixing pypy/module/_rawffi?  If that's the case, then we
might as well write the hack locally in _rawffi, e.g. by using
different versions of the helpers there depending on whether we get
aligned or misaligned pointers.  This certainly looks cleaner than
adding raw_load_unaligned and raw_store_unaligned *everywhere*
including in the JIT.


A bientôt,

Armin.