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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2008
William Preston Alexander, Iii, Austin, TX (US);
Robert Tod Dimpsey, Austin, TX (US);
Frank Eliot Levine, Austin, TX (US);
Robert John Urquhart, Austin, TX (US);
William Preston Alexander, III, Austin, TX (US);
Robert Tod Dimpsey, Austin, TX (US);
Frank Eliot Levine, Austin, TX (US);
Robert John Urquhart, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions in a processor for associating a data type with a memory location. The type is associated with a location by means of metadata that is generated and manipulated by hardware instructions that are typically generated by a compiler as it generates the other instructions that comprise the machine code version of a program. A determination is made as to whether a data value about to be stored is of the required data type for that location. The hardware indicates an error condition if the types do not match.