I think unbundling them is a great idea. Changes are easier to swallow
in small pieces.

Daniel

Tim Rowledge <tim at sumeru.stanford.edu> 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
> 
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