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Hi all.<div><br></div><div>> <span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px">In my main image, I tried to load FFI via the Preference Wizard, and after some loading conflicts which I explicitly needed to #allow through the debugger, I got the same syntax error ...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px">Loading FFI via the Preference Wizard -- which uses the Installer directly -- works fine in current (fresh) trunk. No debuggers to confirm. No syntax error.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px">I am updating that Metacello script right now. Be patient. :-)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px">Best,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px">Marcel</span></div><div class="mb_sig"></div>
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<p style="color: #AAAAAA; margin-top: 10px;">Am 14.09.2020 18:35:46 schrieb Thiede, Christoph <christoph.thiede@student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de>:</p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
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<p>Hi Jakob,</p>
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<p>do you have a description of the correct loading order? In my main image, I tried to load FFI via the Preference Wizard, and after some loading conflicts which I explicitly needed to #allow through the debugger, I got the same syntax error ...</p>
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<div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #000000"><b>Von:</b> Squeak-dev <squeak-dev-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org> im Auftrag von Jakob Reschke <forums.jakob@resfarm.de><br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Donnerstag, 10. September 2020 08:04:51<br>
<b>An:</b> The general-purpose Squeak developers list<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [squeak-dev] SyntaxError while loading FFI</span>
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<div class="PlainText">Hi Christoph,<br>
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I had a similar issue and if I remember correctly got it resolved by<br>
loading the Tools subpackage of FFI. I think Marcel has recently split<br>
it.<br>
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So if that is true, the load order in the baseline of FFI should be updated.<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
Jakob<br>
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Am Mi., 9. Sept. 2020 um 23:50 Uhr schrieb Thiede, Christoph<br>
<Christoph.Thiede@student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de>:<br>
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> Hi all,<br>
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> I fear this could be a frequently discussed topic, but I did not know where to start else.<br>
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> In the web, you can find the following instruction in order to load FFI at several places, amongst them the Swiki:<br>
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> Metacello new configuration: 'FFI'; load.<br>
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> If I do this in a fresh trunk image (#19838) without any extra installs, I get a syntax error:<br>
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> ffiPrintString: aString<br>
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> "FFITestLibrary ffiPrintString: 'Hello'"<br>
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> <cdecl: "Literal constant expected ->"char* 'ffiPrintString' (char *) module:'SqueakFFIPrims'><br>
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> ^self externalCallFailed<br>
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> This is at the very least confusing, I think :-) Are there any undocumented dependencies or something like this?<br>
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> If I use the preference wizard instead, the installation succeeds. (It's not very convenient that it asks you for your initials during the installation, but this is only a small critique. :-))<br>
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> I just wanted to inform you about that.<br>
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> Best,<br>
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