boolean isScalar) throws VM_PragmaInline { return rc.alloc(isScalar, bytes, false);
int align, int offset) throws VM_PragmaInline { return rc.alloc(bytes, align, offset, false);
  public final VM_Address allocCopy(VM_Address original, int bytes,                                    boolean isScalar) throws VM_PragmaInline {    return rc.alloc(isScalar, bytes, false);  // FIXME is this right???  }