I'm running with Compiler-nice.274. What's weirder is in that top stack frame (Compiler >> #evaluate:in:to:notifying:ifFailed:logged: the following all show up as red, because they're references to instvars that don't exist: class, sourceStream, context, requestor. That's because the CompiledMethod that's running is not actually the right CompiledMethod! It's from some ancient pre-CompilationCue Compiler instance. Or at least so I suspect because that Compiler instance has a nil 'cue' instvar. If it helps, the PointerFinder says this of the offending context: globals: Environment declarations: IdentityDictionary #World -> PasteUpMorph submorphs: Array 1: SystemWindow model: ObjectExplorer currentSelection: ObjectExplorerWrapper item: CompiledMethod In contrast, PointerFinder on: (Compiler >> #evaluate:in:to:notifying:ifFail:logged:) says: CLASS: SmalltalkImage class superclass: Object class subclasses: Array 445: Compiler class methodDict: MethodDictionary array: Array 39: CompiledMethod.