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

H. Hirzel hannes.hirzel at gmail.com
Mon Apr 24 17:04:09 UTC 2017


Yes, it is commit

The Trunk: EToys-ul.294.mcz

On 4/24/17, Chris Cunningham <cunningham.cb at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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