[Vm-dev] Why spaceOkay test needed?

[tim Rowledge]

On 23-Aug-07, at 3:52 PM, Mathieu Suen wrote:

> So #sufficientSpaceToInstantiate:indexableSize: call can be removed?

 From where?

You might *possibly* be able to make a good argument for removing it  
from within the instantiateClass:indexableSize: depending on its  
usage. I wouldn't recommend removing it from the primitiveNew code  
though; how else are you going to  be able to fail the prim cleanly?  
Sure, you could make the instantiateClass:indexableSize: code return  
nil if the instantiation cannot be performed. Then you have to modify  
all senders to handle that eventuality. You'd have to not push: the  
nil though.

tim
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