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diff --git a/src/README b/src/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..33cac74f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/README @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +Fundamental design decision: + +- the sizes of external and internal types are assumed to be the same. + This leaves byte ordering aside. While assuming this the code can be + greatly simplified and speed increases. Since no change violating this + assumption is in sight this is believed to be a worthwhile optimization. + +- the ABI of the backend modules is not guaranteed. Really, not guarantee + whatsoever. We are enforcing this in the code. The modules and their + users must match. No third-party EBL module are supported or allowed. + The only reason there are separate modules is to not have the code for + all architectures in all the binaries. |