Allow direct allocation in old pointer space.

src/macro-assembler.h

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   NO_ALLOCATION_FLAGS = 0,
   // Return the pointer to the allocated already tagged as a heap object.
   TAG_OBJECT = 1 << 0,
   // The content of the result register already contains the allocation top in
   // new space.
   RESULT_CONTAINS_TOP = 1 << 1,
   // Specify that the requested size of the space to allocate is specified in
   // words instead of bytes.
   SIZE_IN_WORDS = 1 << 2,
   // Align the allocation to a multiple of kDoubleSize
-  DOUBLE_ALIGNMENT = 1 << 3
+  DOUBLE_ALIGNMENT = 1 << 3,
+  // Directly allocate in old pointer space
+  PRETENURE = 1 << 4

[danno, 2013/03/12 11:28:20]

Do you think it makes sense to call this PRETENURE_OLD_POINTER_SPACE?

[Hannes Payer (out of office), 2013/03/12 12:37:27]

Done.

 };
 
 
 // Invalid depth in prototype chain.
 const int kInvalidProtoDepth = -1;
 
 #if V8_TARGET_ARCH_IA32
 #include "assembler.h"
 #include "ia32/assembler-ia32.h"
 #include "ia32/assembler-ia32-inl.h"
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 class Comment {
  public:
   Comment(MacroAssembler*, const char*)  {}
 };
 
 #endif  // DEBUG
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal
 
 #endif  // V8_MACRO_ASSEMBLER_H_