[Vm-dev] [Pharo-project] is there a way to avoid all the #tryNamedPrimitive:with: * in ProtoObject

[Eliot Miranda]

On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Andreas Raab <andreas.raab at gmx.de> wrote:

>
> On 1/28/2012 23:09, Igor Stasenko wrote:
>
>>
>> Another reason why we need such prim: have you tried to debug a debugger?
>> You can't , because there is a simulation guard:
>>
>>        <primitive: 19>  "Simulation guard"
>>        "If successful, push result and return resuming context,
>>                else ^ PrimitiveFailToken"
>>        (primitiveIndex = 19) ifTrue:
>>                [Smalltalk tools
>>                        debugContext: self
>>                        label:'Code simulation error'
>>                        contents: nil].
>>
>> This is because you cannot instruct VM that the code you stepping over
>> should not escape out of your control.
>>
>
> Sorry, but that's not what the simulation guard is for. Historically the
> VM would just crash when trying to simulate certain methods (like the
> above). So I put in simulation guards to prevent VM crashes. If the VM can
> simulate these methods, then you can just take them out.
>

Quite right.  I ripped it out of the Qwaq/Teleplace codebase without
ill-effect.  I need to do that for Squeak.  Thanks for the reminder.
Simply remove the <primitive: 19> nonsense from doPrimitive:.


> Cheers,
>  - Andreas
>
>


-- 
best,
Eliot
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