Juan Vuletich wrote:
> keith wrote:
>>
>> On 14 Feb 2010, at 21:22, Igor Stasenko wrote:
>>
>>> On 14 February 2010 16:13, keith <keith_hodges at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> Juan,
>>>>
>>>> Do you have any thoughts you would like to share about on what you 
>>>> want do
>>>> about this issue?
>>>>
>>>> I wonder if there is any documentation on the 3.11-trunk 
>>>> implementation of
>>>> method trailers? Does it meet the simplicity criteria for Cuis?
>>>>
>>>> I have working a StandardSourceFileArrayPlus which multiplies the 
>>>> existing
>>>> sourceFile pointer by 16 giving a theoretical sources/changes limit of
>>>> 512Mb. This seems to work ok as an experiment.
>>>>
>>>
>>> New trailers imposing no limit to a file size. It can be of any size.
>>>
>>>> Keith
>>
>> Thanks Igor,
>>
>> I understood that bit.
>>
>> My question is whether Juan has an opinion on your implementation 
>> with regards simplicity/elegance/economy and his goals for Cuis.
>
> Not yet. I need to actually look at it.
>
>> My use of Cuis is always building from the base start image so I am 
>> unlikely to hit the limit any time soon, however the limit can be 
>> extended to 512MB with about 4 methods, once the System-Sources 
>> refactoring I am working on is complete (i.e. moving references to 
>> RemoteString into the System-Sources package).
>
> I'd like to see that refactoring, and to load it into Cuis. Please 
> tell when it is complete.
>
>> It may be simpler to use my solution, however it might be useful for 
>> you to give us some indication of what the trade-offs are. Memory 
>> overhead etc.
>>
>> The cost of my solution is that the sources/changes files bloat by 
>> roughly 0.03% as records are padded to be saved on 16 byte boundaries.
>
> That's zero cost to me. Besides 512Mb sounds like enough not to worry 
> about it anymore. On the other hand, loading Method Trailers could 
> have some other uses, and it would mean syncing CompiledMethod with 
> trunk, which is a good thing.
>
>> regards
>>
>> Keith
>
> Cheers,
> Juan Vuletich

Hi Keith,

I took a look at Method Trailers and I can tell you I won't be loading 
it anytime soon. Please keep me posted on the progress of your approach.

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich