HeapObject vs TaggedPointer

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Sep 22, 2021, 11:42:25 AM9/22/21

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Fields within objects can have the representations: Smi, Double, Tagged, HeapObject, TaggedPointer. How does the V8 engine handle HeapObject and TaggedPointer differently? Where in the code does it differentiate between say accessing a field that is a HeapObject and a field that is a TaggedPointer

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