> >
> > Well, state includes more than source code. You can get a lot done in
> > Squeak without ever writing Smalltalk.
>
> Exactly. The image is not simply "a bunch of source files". It is a an
> object space.
>
> The thing you are asking for (selectively saving/changing parts of the
> object memory) is exactly what an OODB does. And we have one - Magma.
> Check it out.

I will, thanks.

This is just what I am thinking. Would it be a bad idea to replace the
current image save mechanism with, for example, Magma?

Jens