[BC] Type mismatch fixes for block closure VM

Tim Rowledge tim at sumeru.stanford.edu
Fri Jan 25 19:03:04 UTC 2002


Bert Freudenberg <bert at isg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de> is widely believed to have written:

> On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Anthony Hannan wrote:
> 
> > This changeset adds type casting where appropriate to eliminate type
> > mismatch warnings/errors when compiling the VM.  Maybe this will fix the
> > Mac compiling problem, John McIntosh was having.  This changeset also 
> > removes a variable in Interpreter that I was no longer using.
> > 
> > Does anyone have a problem with [BC] as the block closure version tag?
> 
> You should also add [FIX] or [ENH] to get this into the sqfixes archive.  
> And since the new VM will require a major Squeak version jump (I guess), a
> how about dubbing it [VM4]?
That would be useful to help tag all the relevant bits of code. V4 image
is on the list as a major SqF project. Perhaps (since it isn't just a
new vm but a new image format) [V4] would do.

tim
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