Is mips_mem_ram "an" or "the" implementation?

[Oliver Ford]

Are we allowed to use our own memory structures, or is it required that we use mips_mem_ram to implement the memory provider?

If allowed, (as I had thought), the makefile needs to not link against the precompiled objects, and I think a mutual #define directive would need to be used, and checked for in shared/mips_mem_ram.cpp processed after src/$(LOGIN)?

[m8pple]

I hadn't anticipated people wanting to use their own memory when their
tester runs (though I see the benefit), so there is no mechanism to
communicate it.

Currently my test of your tester also uses a different RAM implementation,
so it would break my harnesses.

So implementing mips_mem_create_ram etc. is not allowed - the version
in shared is an example for testing, but in the assessment environment
no assumptions can be made.