Craig,

You do know that adding an instvar to ContextPart will break the system do
you?! Since both, MethodContext and BlockContext are subclasses of
ContextPart recompiling it will have *very* serious implications. That is
why the class builder rejects to recompile ContextPart.

  A.
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> ----------
> From: 	Craig Latta
> Reply To: 	squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> Sent: 	Wednesday, September 22, 1999 4:44 PM
> To: 	raab at isgnw.CS.Uni-Magdeburg.De
> Cc: 	recipient list not shown
> Subject: 	ClassBuilder validation bug
> 
> 
> Hi Andreas--
> 
> 	I tried to add a class variable to ContextPart, and got
> "BlockContext cannot be recompiled" from
> ClassBuilder>>validateSubclassFormat:from:forSuper:extra:. It seems that
> one may no longer redefine a normal class which has a variable subclass.
> 
> 	For now, I just changed "oldType == newType" near the end of the
> method to "(newType == #normal or: [oldType == newType])". The next thing
> I would do is change "oldType" and "newType" to more descriptive names,
> but I need to get back to work...
> 
> 
> 	thanks,
> 
> -C
> 
> 
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