// This is how to manage memory if it is infinite :) class Heap(size : Int) { private var mem = new Array[Int](size) // OS would provide this memory private var nextAvailable : Int = 0 // where to allocate next def malloc(blockSize : Int) : Int = { val res = nextAvailable nextAvailable = nextAvailable + blockSize initMem(res, nextAvailable) // optional res } def initMem(from : Int, to : Int) = { var i = from while (i < to) { mem(i) = 0; i = i + 1; } } // Do nothing in free def free(ptr : Int, size : Int) = { } val nullPtr = 0 // x.f def load(x : Int, f : Int) = mem(x + f) // x.f = y def store(x : Int, f : Int, y : Int) = { mem(x + f) = y } override def toString() : String = { var res = "" var i : Int = 0 while (i <= nextAvailable) { res += (i + "->" + mem(i) + " ") i = i + 1 } res } } // source code example object TestSourceCode { class Node { var next : Node = null var data : Int = 0 } def main(args : Array[String]) = { var x : Node = new Node() var y : Node = new Node() x.next = y x.data = 42 var z : Node = x.next z.data = 9 } } // object code for the above example object TestObjectCode { val typeTagOffset = 0 // implicit, first, field val nextOffset = 1 // second field val dataOffset = 2 // third field val nodeSize = 3 // three fields total val nodeTypeTag = 555 // index of type 'Node' def main(args : Array[String]) = { var h : Heap = new Heap(64) var x : Int = h.malloc(nodeSize) h.store(x, typeTagOffset, nodeTypeTag) var y : Int = h.malloc(nodeSize) h.store(y, typeTagOffset, nodeTypeTag) h.store(x, nextOffset, y) h.store(x, dataOffset, 42) var z : Int = h.load(x, nextOffset) h.store(z, dataOffset, 9) println(h) } }