Constant: +POINTER-SIZE+

Documentation

The number of octets for a heap pointer. A heap pointer is a number that must be able to span the entire heap. It is used for block sizes, pointers to other blocks, object ids and object heap positions.

Source

(defconstant +pointer-size+ 8
  "The number of octets for a heap pointer.  A heap pointer is a number that
must be able to span the entire heap.  It is used for block sizes, pointers
to other blocks, object ids and object heap positions.")