Break up the stable pointer table
I see no obvious reason for the stable pointer table to be a single array. Indeed, that leads to all sorts of complications. It smells to me like the simplest thing would be to make it a chain of blocks, and make a StablePtr# a real pointer to the relevant entry. No relocation ever!
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| Type | FeatureRequest |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
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| CC | simonmar |
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