#class and #== optimalizations

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Wed Jun 30 20:54:35 UTC 2004


The trouble is that when you do this you need new VMs for pretty much every
proxy implementation. To me it makes much more sense to use DNU: instead of
VM lookup changes.

Cheers,
  - Andreas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig Latta" <craig at netjam.org>
To: <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 10:36 AM
Subject: re: #class and #== optimalizations


>
> Hi Pavel--
>
> Rather than use doesNotUnderstand:, I think it makes more sense to
> modify method lookup in the virtual machine, and a few of the bytecode
> implementations. This has the additional benefit that it doesn't matter
> what the superclass of the proxy class is. An example set of VM changes
> is at http://www.netjam.org/squat/releases/current/bits/vmChanges.zip .
> The Squat snapshots have corresponding object memory changes.
>
>
> -C
>
> --
> Craig Latta
> improvisational musical informaticist
> craig at netjam.org
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> [|] Proceed for Truth!
>
>




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