[mercury-users] Tabling c_pointer values

[Michael Day]

Hi Julien,

> In general, except for the use of fast-loose memoing as above, foreign
> types and c_pointers cannot be tabled unless certain assertions are made
> by the programmer.  For foreign types, setting the attributes
> "can_pass_as_mercury_type" and "stable" will allow tabling of those
> values**.  There is no stable_c_pointer type available and it is unlikely
> we will ever add it, as the c_pointer type will gradually be deprecated
> in favour of foreign types.

This is the first I've heard of can_pass_as_mercury_type. Is there any 
reason at all why I wouldn't want to apply that to every foreign_type 
that is just a pointer?

Cheers,

Michael

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