2007/1/26, Aaron Reichow <revaaron at bitquabit.com>:
>
> ...and if those are the downsides, what are the upsides?

Well you get full block closures. No more #fixTemps as a starter.

> I don't
> suppose it means you can save blocks in an OODB or using (Smart)
> RefStream, can you?

Nah. I thought I heard that Gemstone supports blocks but I might be
wrong on this.

Philippe

> Regards,
> Aaron
>
> On Jan 26, 2007, at 2:07 PM, Philippe Marschall wrote:
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> > 2007/1/26, Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn at stonehenge.com>:
> >> >>>>> "Mathieu" == Mathieu Suen <mathk.sue at gmail.com> writes:
> >>
> >> Mathieu> Go to the compiler category then enable both
> >> compileClocksAsClosure
> >> Mathieu> and compileUseNewCompiler.
> >>
> >> I seem to remember there's a downside to that.  What's the
> >> downside again?
> >
> > - slower perfomance
> > - problems with the debugger
> >
> > Philippe
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