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Based on this overview I am planning to use C arrays rather than Cyclone vectors to pass arguments.
### Packing Arguments
don't even need alloca for this, can just use an array, EG:
object aa[2];
aa[0] = arg1;
aa[1] = arg2;
TODO: how to call these functions, need to pack args prior to call
TODO: how to unpack args for a call. I think it would be simple, need to change compiler to point to members of `args` instead of directly to arguments
@ -105,6 +112,15 @@ Varargs functions still expect to receive extra arguments as part of a list. we
TODO: example of packing/unpacking for fixed args, EG: (lambda (a b c))
TODO: example of packing for (lambda X) and (lambda (a b . c) variadic forms
### Unpacking Arguments
Unpacking is just simple array references:
arg1 = args[0];
arg2 = args[1];
TODO: any compilications here due to assumptions by our compiler, and how it compiles identifiers?
## Performance
A key consideration is the impact to runtime performance. We do not want this solution to significantly slow down our programs. I expect there may be some performance hit though.