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Consider supporting address dereference/allocation for platforms where pointers are not 64 bits

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      MemoryAccess make assumptions on the pointer size - e.g. it lets clients dereference a memory address, but assuming that the underlying value is 8 bytes.

      On the other hand, NativeScope refuses to make such an assumption and does not provide any allocation helper to work on addresses.

      The situation seems inconsistent - but, unless we also decide to drop address dereference operation from MemoryAccess, we should find a way to drop the hardwired constraint that pointers are represented as 64 bit values.

            jvernee Jorn Vernee
            mcimadamore Maurizio Cimadamore
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