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Abbreviations

A list of direct links to abbreviations in the SBCL source code (see also the file TLA in the SBCL source distribution). Also a quick way to show what's been described, and what hasn't (please fill them in!).

ARG? argument
BOA By Order of Argument (mostly used in reference to defstruct)
BSP? binding stack pointer
DD? Defstruct Description
DX? dynamic-extent
FOP Fasl operation
FUN? function
GC garbage collect(ion)
IR? Intermediate representation
LAP? Lisp assembler program
N? new: number, as in e.g. N-PASSES or N-WORD-BITS
NLE? non-local entry
NLX? non-local exit (in compiler IR2)
SAP System area pointer
TN Temporary name
SB storage base (in compiler IR2)
SC storage class (in compiler IR2)
TLS? thread local storage
TN temporary name (?) (in compiler IR2)
VAR? variable (in the lisp entity "noun" sense, not in the adjectival sense)
VOP Virtual operation
XEP? external entry point

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