Hi Bob,

I guess actually Dan should answer this question ;-) but from my point of
view these tests ensure that "you know what you're doing" when you start
fiddling with the formats of forms. Having done my share of it, I found the
tests more useful than annoying.

Cheers,
  - Andreas

> -----Original Message-----
> From: squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org 
> [mailto:squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On 
> Behalf Of Bob Arning
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 5:06 AM
> To: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> Subject: Exact size bits needed??
> 
> 
> Anyone (OK, probably Andreas),
> 
> I was trying to save a little time (i.e. full GC's) by 
> reusing a Bitmap from one Form to the next. I figured that if 
> the Bitmap was large enough, any extra space at the end would 
> be ignored, but it appears not to be the case. Seems the VM 
> insists that the bits in a Form be exactly thee right size. 
> Any idea why?
> 
> Cheers,
> Bob
>