[Q] Status of blocks

Stephane Ducasse ducasse at iam.unibe.ch
Mon Jan 13 08:14:13 UTC 2003


Please anthony, consider what tim suggest. We need blockclosures.
Really....

Stef

On Sunday, January 12, 2003, at 11:18 PM, Tim Rowledge wrote:

> Anthony Hannan <ajh18 at cornell.edu> appears to have written:
>
>>
>>  I'm thinking of
>> separating the full closure functionality out so it can be filed into
>> current Squeak.  It will involve changing the compiler but not the
>> bytecodes.  Blocks will probably be slower because they will have to 
>> use
>> sends instead of custom bytecodes for certain closure operations.  But
>> at least it will be compatible with the next Jitter.  Also, the
>> remaining VI4 project will be free to continue exploring alternative
>> bytecodes and such.  I bet most people will like this separation.  Is
>> there anyone who thinks I should keep closures bundled with VI4?
> Making progress towards separating concerns about the vm design from 
> the
> closures would be very helpful in making adoption of your sterling work
> easier to arrange.
>
> There are a few vacant bytecodes that could easily be retargeted for
> block support purposes to improve performance a bit over plain message
> sends, without causing massive changes.
>
> tim
>
> -- 
> Tim Rowledge, tim at sumeru.stanford.edu, http://sumeru.stanford.edu/tim
> Useful random insult:- Half a bubble off plumb.  -- attributed to Mark 
> Twain
>
>
>
Dr. Stéphane DUCASSE (ducasse at iam.unibe.ch) 
http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~ducasse/
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  different? ... especially if, by doing something different, today
  might not be your last day on earth" Calvin&Hobbes





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