source: branches/ParameterBinding/HeuristicLab.Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding/3.3/Compiler/Instruction.cs @ 6593

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namespace HeuristicLab.Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding.Compiler {
  // total size of this struct should be small to improve cache access while executing the code
  // should be aligned to 8/16/32 byte
  // size = 4(8) + 1 + 1 + 2 = 8 (12)
  public struct Instruction {
    // the tree node can hold additional data that is necessary for the execution of this instruction
    public SymbolicExpressionTreeNode dynamicNode;
    // op code of the function that determines what operation should be executed
    public byte opCode;
    // number of arguments of the current instruction
    public byte nArguments;
    // an optional short value (addresses for calls, argument index for arguments)
    public ushort iArg0;
  }
}