shouldFollowOutboundPointers was recently introduced so that other
subclasses of ProtoObject can override it the way they want.



On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 3:43 PM,  <commits at source.squeak.org> wrote:
> Chris Muller uploaded a new version of Tools to project The Trunk:
> http://source.squeak.org/trunk/Tools-cmm.518.mcz
>
> ==================== Summary ====================
>
> Name: Tools-cmm.518
> Author: cmm
> Time: 3 February 2014, 3:40:50.779 pm
> UUID: 6277da39-26fa-467e-9b30-244ee58b4000
> Ancestors: Tools-topa.517
>
> References through named instVars are strong even on weak classes.  Fix PointerFinder behavior accordingly.
>         Add comment reminding about the purpose of Object>>#shouldFollowOutboundPointers.
>
> =============== Diff against Tools-topa.517 ===============
>
> Item was changed:
>   ----- Method: Object>>shouldFollowOutboundPointers (in category '*Tools-Debugger') -----
>   shouldFollowOutboundPointers
> +       "Allow other subclasses of ProtoObject to hook this method."
>         (self class isPointers or: [ self isCompiledMethod ]) ifFalse: [ ^ false ].
> +       ^ (self class isWeak not or: [ self class instSize > 0 ]) and: [ self isLiteral not ]!
> -       ^ self class isWeak not and: [ self isLiteral not ]!
>
>