On 25.07.2006, at 13:43, Mathieu SUEN wrote:

> 2006/7/23, Andreas Raab <andreas.raab at gmx.de>:
>> Marcus Denker wrote:
>> > 7048
>> > -----
>> > -> Load: TrueType-ar.4
>> > -> load 0003766: Hundreds of methods have source containing LF  
>> characters
>> > -> add services / call to service setup
>> > -> Unload packages. call some fix code
>>
>> Can I ask you also to remove the FFI? It has no reason for being in a
>> basic image.
>>
>
>
> Yes but there is apicall and cdecl primitive and Parser use
> ExternalType ... (same for the NewCompiler)
>


The old Parser is coded in a way that FFI is unloadable:

Smalltalk at: #ExternalLibraryFunction ifPresent:[
...

Then the specialObjectArray needs to be recreated on unload
(see SystemDictionary>>#discardFFI).

As long as nobody uses FFI, it then should be save to remove.

       Marcus

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