Tom Tromey (tromey@redhat.com): > Just FYI -- I can't approve or reject it. > However, it seems sound to me. > > A couple more formatting nits, sorry about that. Now fixed, thanks again! New patch in attachment. 2008-11-25 Jerome Guitton * value.h (allocate_value_lazy): New function declaration. (value_free): Remove macro, make it a function. * value.c (value): Move actual content outside of the memory space of the struct; add a pointer to this actual content. (allocate_value_lazy, allocate_value_contents): New function. (allocate_value): Reimplement using these two new functions. (value_contents_raw, value_contents_all_raw): If no memory has been allocated yet for the actual content, allocate it. (value_contents_all): Resync with struct value's changes. (value_free): New function. (value_copy, value_primitive_field): Use new function allocate_value_lazy to allocate lazy values. (value_change_enclosing_type): Resync with struct value's changes. As the value is not reallocated, remove the special handling for the value chain (now obsolete). * valops.c (value_at_lazy): Use new function allocate_value_lazy. (value_fetch_lazy): Allocate value content. Use allocate_value_lazy to allocate lazy values. (value_slice): Use allocate_value_lazy to allocate lazy values.