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@@ -17067,7 +17067,7 @@ function for mapping types to tag codes.
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\fi}
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This stealing of 3 bits comes at some price: integers are now restricted
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-to the range from $-2^{60}$ to $2^{60}$. The stealing does not adversely
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+to the range from $-2^{60}$ to $2^{60}-1$. The stealing does not adversely
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affect tuples and procedures because those values are addresses, and
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our addresses are 8-byte aligned so the rightmost 3 bits are unused,
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they are always $000$. Thus, we do not lose information by overwriting
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