The Islands project requires some small VM tweaks.  Could these tweaks
please be included in the standard image, and thus ultimately the
standard VM's?  They are small, they are invisible to people using
regular images, and they add some flexibility that other projects might
even want to use.


	http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/uploads/2074/forgivingPrims.cs
	http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/uploads/2074/flagInCM.cs


It is a significant nuisance right now that people must regenerate their
VM for these tiny changes.  It would be great if Islands enthusiasts can
use the standard VM for their platform.


>From the preambles:

"Change Set:		forgivingPrims
Date:			3 July 2003
Author:			Lex Spoon

Modifies several primitives so that they may be executed in other places
than in class Object.  This is needed for Islands."


"Change Set:		flagInCM
Date:			5 July 2003
Author:			Lex Spoon

Changes a bit in the header of CompiledMethods so that it is a flag
instead of part of the primitive index that a method will execute.  Such
a flag is extremely useful for Islands, and the bit is unneeded for its
original purpose due to named primitives."



Thanks for the consideration, (and I  hope I've posted this in the right
way for the review process!),

Lex Spoon