[squeak-dev] The Trunk: Kernel-eem.1296.mcz

Levente Uzonyi leves at caesar.elte.hu
Wed Feb 19 18:30:25 UTC 2020


Before 2010, #sorted: and #sorted didn't exist. #sort and #sort: were only 
implemented by ArrayedCollection but were rarely used.
The most common ways to sort a collection was by the means of 
#asSortedCollection, #asSortedCollection:, #sortBy: and #asSortedArray.
Since then, these senders have all been rewritten to use the newer 
methods.

#(sort sorted sort: sorted:) collect: [ :each |
 	each -> (
 		(SystemNavigation default allCallsOn: each) count: [ :ea |
 			(ea actualClass inheritsFrom: TestCase) not  ]) ]. 
{
 	#sort->123 .
 	#sorted->58 .
 	#sort:->111 .
 	#sorted:->62
}

The above distribution tells me that it's twice as common to sort the 
receiver than to sort a copy. But passing a custom sorter is about as 
common as using the default sorter.

Before 2014, #asSortFunction didn't exist. You had to use a sorter block, 
a symbol, or nil.
SortFunctions are much more comfortable to use than regular sort blocks, 
but they have some impact on performance. They are often times created by 
sending #ascending or #descending to a block or a symbol, which is another 
reason why #asSortFunction doesn't have too many senders.

Anyway, it's no wonder why SortFunctions are not widely used: they are 
fairly new, and the complex sorters, where they really shine, are not that 
common.


Levente

P.S.: Since we're discussing #allMethodCategoriesIntegratedThrough:, it 
should use #withAllSuperclassesDo: instead of #withAllSuperclasses and 
#do:.


On Wed, 19 Feb 2020, John Pfersich via Squeak-dev wrote:

> That snippet might be useful but it’s not used much in the code base. sorted: is only used 71 times, and asSortFunction is only used 9 times. And the combination is even rarer. So if you’re like most programmers, you wouldn’t
> have seen either selector.
> 
> /————————————————————/For encrypted mail use jgpfersich at protonmail.comGet a free account at ProtonMail.com
> Web: https://objectnets.net and https://objectnets.org
> https://datascilv.com https://datascilv.org
> 
>
>       On Feb 19, 2020, at 01:08, Thiede, Christoph <Christoph.Thiede at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de> wrote:
> 
>
>       Hi Marcel,
> 
>
>       I did *not* mean:
> 
> ^aColl asArray sorted: ...
> I *did* mean:
> ^aColl sorted: ...
> 
> Very minor, but what else do we have #sorted: for? Law of Demeter and so on ... :-)
> 
> Best,
> Christoph
> 
> _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
> Von: Squeak-dev <squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org> im Auftrag von Taeumel, Marcel
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 19. Februar 2020 09:52:34
> An: John Pfersich via Squeak-dev; packages at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> Betreff: Re: [squeak-dev] The Trunk: Kernel-eem.1296.mcz  
> Since #asArray did already a copy, there is no need to call #sorted: here.
> Best,
> Marcel
>
>       Am 19.02.2020 09:44:40 schrieb Thiede, Christoph <christoph.thiede at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de>:
>
>       > +        ^aColl asArray sort: [:a :b | a asLowercase < b asLowercase]
> 
> 
> Hm, shouldn't you prefer #sorted: here? :-)
> aColl sorted: #asLowercase asSortFunction
> Or maybe use a SortedCollection from the beginning ...
> 
> _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
> Von: Squeak-dev <squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org> im Auftrag von commits at source.squeak.org <commits at source.squeak.org>
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 19. Februar 2020 04:43:19
> An: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org; packages at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> Betreff: [squeak-dev] The Trunk: Kernel-eem.1296.mcz  
> Eliot Miranda uploaded a new version of Kernel to project The Trunk:
> http://source.squeak.org/trunk/Kernel-eem.1296.mcz
> 
> ==================== Summary ====================
> 
> Name: Kernel-eem.1296
> Author: eem
> Time: 18 February 2020, 7:43:15.608431 pm
> UUID: 78e95030-3521-4dd9-b26c-2c8c7939010b
> Ancestors: Kernel-eem.1295, Kernel-tonyg.1293
> 
> Fix a bug in allMethodCategoriesIntegratedThrough: which can cause an error in the Debugger when prompting to define a new method.
> 
> Fix bugs in CompiledCode>>messagesDo:/selectorsDo: and define the former in terms of the latter (since the former is a misnomer).
> 
> Fix a bug in the definition of CompiledMethod>>hasSameLiteralsAs: which should not be confused by the methodClass literal.
> 
> Fix perform:with:with:with:with:with:'s comment.
> 
> =============== Diff against Kernel-tonyg.1293 ===============
> 
> Item was changed:
>   ----- Method: Behavior>>instSpec (in category 'testing') -----
>   instSpec
>          "Answer the instance specification part of the format that defines what kind of object
>           an instance of the receiver is.  The formats are
>                          0       = 0 sized objects (UndefinedObject True False et al)
>                          1       = non-indexable objects with inst vars (Point et al)
>                          2       = indexable objects with no inst vars (Array et al)
>                          3       = indexable objects with inst vars (Context BlockClosure AdditionalMethodState et al)
>                          4       = weak indexable objects with inst vars (WeakArray et al)
>                          5       = weak non-indexable objects with inst vars (ephemerons) (Ephemeron)
>                          6       = unused
>                          7       = immediates (SmallInteger, Character)
>                          8       = unused
> +                        9       = 64-bit indexable      (DoubleWordArray et al)
> +                10-11   = 32-bit indexable      (WordArray et al)                       (includes one odd bit, unused in 32-bit instances)
> +                12-15   = 16-bit indexable      (DoubleByteArray et al)         (includes two odd bits, one unused in 32-bit instances)
> +                16-23   = 8-bit indexable       (ByteArray et al)                       (includes three odd bits, one unused in 32-bit instances)
> +                24-31   = compiled code (CompiledCode et al)            (includes three odd bits, one unused in 32-bit instances)
> +
> -                        9       = 64-bit indexable
> -                10-11   = 32-bit indexable (Bitmap)                                     (plus one odd bit, unused in 32-bits)
> -                12-15   = 16-bit indexable                                                      (plus two odd bits, one unused in 32-bits)
> -                16-23   = 8-bit indexable                                                       (plus three odd bits, one unused in 32-bits)
> -                24-31   = compiled methods (CompiledMethod)     (plus three odd bits, one unused in 32-bits)
>           Note that in the VM instances also have a 5 bit format field that relates to their class's format.
>           Formats 11, 13-15, 17-23 & 25-31 are unused in classes but used in instances to define the
>           number of elements missing up to the slot size.  For example, a 2-byte ByteString instance
> +         has format 18 in 32 bits, since its size is one 32-bit slot - 2 bytes ((18 bitAnd: 3) = 2), and
> +         22 in 64 bits, since its size is one 64-bit slot - 6 bytes ((22 bitAnd: 7) = 6).
> +         Formats 24-31 are for compiled code which is a combination of pointers and bytes.  The number of pointers is
> +         determined by literal count field of the method header, which is the first field of the object and must be a SmallInteger.
> +         The literal count field occupies the least significant 15 bits of the method header, allowing up to 32,767 pointer fields,
> +         not including the header."
> -         has format 18 in 32-bits, since its size is one 32-bit slot - 2 bytes ((18 bitAnd: 3) = 2), and
> -         22 in 64 bits, since its size is one 64-bit slot - 6 bytes ((22 bitAnd: 7) = 6)."
>          ^(format bitShift: -16) bitAnd: 16r1F!
> 
> Item was changed:
>   ----- Method: ClassDescription>>allMethodCategoriesIntegratedThrough: (in category 'accessing method dictionary') -----
>   allMethodCategoriesIntegratedThrough: mostGenericClass
>          "Answer a list of all the method categories of the receiver and all its superclasses, up through mostGenericClass"
>  
>          | aColl |
> +        aColl := Set new.
> -        aColl := OrderedCollection new.
>          self withAllSuperclasses do:
>                  [:aClass |
> +                (aClass includesBehavior: mostGenericClass) ifTrue:
> +                        [aColl addAll: aClass organization categories]].
> -                        (aClass includesBehavior: mostGenericClass)
> -                                ifTrue: [aColl addAll: aClass organization categories]].
>          aColl remove: 'no messages' asSymbol ifAbsent: [].
>  
> +        ^aColl asArray sort: [:a :b | a asLowercase < b asLowercase]
> -        ^aColl asSet asArray sort: [:a :b | a asLowercase < b asLowercase]
>  
>   "ColorTileMorph allMethodCategoriesIntegratedThrough: TileMorph"!
> 
> Item was changed:
>   ----- Method: CompiledCode>>messagesDo: (in category 'scanning') -----
>   messagesDo: workBlock
> +        "Evaluate aBlock with all the message selectors sent by me. Duplicate seletors are possible."
> -        "Evaluate aBlock with all the message selectors sent by me. Duplicate sends possible."
>  
> +        "If anything should be deprecated it is messagesDo:; it can be an extension in AST/Refactoring.
> +         This method enumerates over selectors, not messages.  c.f. Behavior>>selectorsDo: etc"
> +        ^self selectorsDo: workBlock!
> -        | scanner selector  |
> -        self isQuick ifTrue: [^ self].
> -       
> -        self codeLiteralsDo: [:compiledCode |
> -                scanner := InstructionStream on: compiledCode.
> -                scanner scanFor: [ :x |
> -                        (selector := scanner selectorToSendOrSelf) == scanner
> -                                ifFalse: [workBlock value: selector].
> -                        false "keep scanning" ] ].!
> 
> Item was added:
> + ----- Method: CompiledCode>>selectorsDo: (in category 'scanning') -----
> + selectorsDo: workBlock
> +        "Evaluate aBlock with all the message selectors sent by me. Duplicate selectors are possible."
> +
> +        | encoderClass |
> +        self isQuick ifTrue: [^self].
> +        encoderClass := self encoderClass.
> +        self codeLiteralsDo:
> +                [:compiledCode | | scanner limit |
> +                limit := compiledCode size - 1.
> +                (scanner := InstructionStream on: compiledCode) scanFor:
> +                        [:byte| | selector |
> +                        (selector := scanner selectorToSendOrSelf) ~~ scanner ifTrue:
> +                                [workBlock value: selector].
> +                        ((encoderClass isExtension: byte)
> +                         and: [scanner pc < limit]) ifTrue:
> +                                [scanner pc: scanner pc + (encoderClass bytecodeSize: (compiledCode at: scanner pc + 2))].
> +                        false "keep scanning"]]!
> 
> Item was changed:
>   ----- Method: CompiledCode>>sendsMessage: (in category 'testing') -----
> + sendsMessage: aSelector
> +        "eem: this should be deprecated. This method does not check if a method sends a message;
> +         it checks if a method sends a message with a particular selector."
> +        self flag: #todo.
> - sendsMessage: aSelector
> -       
>          self messagesDo: [:selector |
>                  selector = aSelector ifTrue: [^ true]].
>          ^ false!
> 
> Item was changed:
>   ----- Method: CompiledCode>>sendsSelector: (in category 'testing') -----
>   sendsSelector: aSelector
> +        "Answer if the receiver sends a message whose selector is aSelector."
>  
> +        self selectorsDo:
> +                [:selector | selector = aSelector ifTrue: [^true]].
> +        self flag: #todo. "The use of #= instead of #== is extremely dubious, and IMO erroneous. eem 2/18/2020"
> +        ^false!
> -        self flag: #todo. "mt: Deprecate? AST/Refactoring project needs it..."
> -        ^ self sendsMessage: aSelector!
> 
> Item was changed:
>   ----- Method: CompiledMethod>>hasSameLiteralsAs: (in category 'comparing') -----
>   hasSameLiteralsAs: aMethod
>          "Answer whether the receiver has the same sequence of literals as the argument.
>           Compare the last literal, which is the class association, specially so as not to
>           differentiate between otherwise identical methods installed in different classes.
>           Compare the first literal carefully if it is the binding informaiton for an FFI or
>           external primitive call.  Don't compare all of the state so that linked and unlinked
>           methods are still considered equal."
>          | numLits |
>          numLits := self numLiterals.
>          numLits = aMethod numLiterals ifFalse: [^false].
>          1 to: numLits do:
>                  [:i| | lit1 lit2 |
>                  lit1 := self literalAt: i.
>                  lit2 := aMethod literalAt: i.
>                  (lit1 == lit2 or: [lit1 literalEqual: lit2]) ifFalse:
>                          [(i = 1 and: [#(117 120) includes: self primitive])
>                                  ifTrue:
>                                          [lit1 isArray
>                                                  ifTrue:
>                                                          [(lit2 isArray and: [(lit1 first: 2) = (lit2 first: 2)]) ifFalse:
>                                                                  [^false]]
>                                                  ifFalse: "ExternalLibraryFunction"
>                                                          [(lit1 analogousCodeTo: lit2) ifFalse:
>                                                                  [^false]]]
>                                  ifFalse:
>                                          [i = (numLits - 1)
>                                                  ifTrue: "properties"
>                                                          [(self properties analogousCodeTo: aMethod properties)
>                                                                  ifFalse: [^false]]
>                                                  ifFalse: "last literal (methodClassAssociation) of class-side methods is not unique"
>                                                                  "last literal of CompiledBlock is outerMethod and may not be unique."
>                                                          [(self isCompiledBlock
>                                                            and: [lit1 isCompiledCode
>                                                            and: [lit2 isCompiledCode]]) ifTrue:
>                                                                  [^true].
>                                                          (i = numLits
> +                                                         and: [lit1 isVariableBinding and: [lit1 value isBehavior
> +                                                         and: [lit2 isVariableBinding and: [lit2 value isBehavior]]]]) ifFalse:
> -                                                         and: [lit1 isVariableBinding
> -                                                         and: [lit2 isVariableBinding
> -                                                         and: [lit1 key == lit2 key
> -                                                         and: [lit1 value == lit2 value]]]]) ifFalse:
>                                                                  [^false]]]]].
>          ^true!
> 
> Item was changed:
>   ----- Method: Object>>perform:with:with:with:with:with: (in category 'message handling') -----
>   perform: aSymbol with: firstObject with: secondObject with: thirdObject with: fourthObject with: fifthObject
>          "Send the selector, aSymbol, to the receiver with the given arguments.
> +        Fail if the number of arguments expected by the selector is not five.
> -        Fail if the number of arguments expected by the selector is not four.
>          Primitive. Optional. See Object documentation whatIsAPrimitive."
>  
>          <primitive: 83>
>          ^ self perform: aSymbol withArguments: { firstObject. secondObject. thirdObject. fourthObject. fifthObject }!
> 
> 
> 
> 
>


More information about the Squeak-dev mailing list