[squeak-dev] - unable to open 'objects' morph from world menu - vmParameterAt:put: failure

Chris Cunningham cunningham.cb at gmail.com
Mon Apr 24 16:49:54 UTC 2017


Right. Looks like Levente updated the package to fix this.

Thanks!

On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 9:46 AM, H. Hirzel <hannes.hirzel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for the answer, Levente. I think that will do.
>
> Or I'll have a look at the archives in Edgar De Cleene's virtual
>
>      "refugio de viejos programadores"
>
> :-)
>
> Coming back to the initial question of this thread.  I had no problem
> choosing 'objects' the world menu in the latest update  (see
> attachment)
>
> --Hannes
>
> On 4/24/17, Levente Uzonyi <leves at caesar.elte.hu> wrote:
> > StarSqueak? Probably removed during the 3.9 "cleanup". You might find it
> > on squeaksource.com if you're lucky. Else, you'll have to extract it
> from
> > 3.8.
> >
> > Levente
> >
> > On Mon, 24 Apr 2017, H. Hirzel wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks, found it
> >>
> >>    SmalltalkImage vmParameterAt:put:
> >>
> >> !
> >>
> >> Another question: I do not have the classes like
> >>
> >> StarSqueakForestFire (empty reference here
> >> http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/5538)
> >>
> >> in my most recent image
> >>
> >> Squeak6.0alpha  #17206
> >>
> >> I wonder where I can get them?
> >>
> >> Or put the question differently: Where are the StarSqueak examples?
> >>
> >> --Hannes
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 4/24/17, Chris Cunningham <cunningham.cb at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> The method itself (#vmParameterAt:put:) is very nicely documented.  The
> >>> use
> >>> is:
> >>> 5 allocations between GCs (read-write; nil in Cog VMs)
> >>> -cbc
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 8:59 AM, H. Hirzel <hannes.hirzel at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> What is / was
> >>>>
> >>>>      vmParamterAt: 5 put: xxxx
> >>>>
> >>>> used for?
> >>>>
> >>>> On 4/24/17, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:
> >>>> > We should probably just remove these lines.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > - Bert -
> >>>> >
> >>>> > On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 4:15 PM, Chris Cunningham <
> >>>> cunningham.cb at gmail.com>
> >>>> > wrote:
> >>>> >
> >>>> >> Hello,
> >>>> >> I am using a new 64bit vm on Windows (Stack Spur Apr 12 2017) with
> a
> >>>> >> mostly up to date trunk image (last update: #17172), and when
> trying
> >>>> >> to
> >>>> >> open the Objects morph (to pull in objects for Morphic), I get an
> >>>> >> error
> >>>> >> in
> >>>> >> KedemaMorph:
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> calcTurtlesCount
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> turtleCount := 0.
> >>>> >> turtlesDict do: [:a | turtleCount := turtleCount + a size].
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Smalltalk vmParameterAt: 5 put: ((turtleCount * 3) min: 16000 max:
> >>>> 4000).
> >>>> >> Smalltalk vmParameterAt: 6 put: ((turtleCount * 6) min: 32000 max:
> >>>> 8000).
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> The vmParamterAt: 5 put: xxxx (4000 in my case), gets a primitive
> >>>> >> failure.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Thanks,
> >>>> >> cbc
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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