[Vm-dev] Re: [Pharo-dev] Nuking VM ImageSegment support (was Re: [squeak-dev] Daily Commit Log; System-bf.916)

[Max Leske]

> On 22 Sep 2016, at 20:28, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bert, Hi All,
> 
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 2:55 PM, <commits at source.squeak.org <mailto:commits at source.squeak.org>> wrote:
> [snip]
> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/packages/2016-September/068930.html <http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/packages/2016-September/068930.html>
> 
> Name: System-bf.916
> Ancestors: System-bf.915
> 
> Replace VM-level ImageSegment loading with a Smalltalk implementation for old (interpreter-era) projects.
> 
> Also removes support for writing segments.
> 
> This overrides the Spur support introduced in System-eem.758.
> 
>  So one question is should we delete VM support for ImageSegment from the Spur VM?  There's at least 1.5k of generated source for the Spur ImageSegment load and save support, some 2% of the interpreter/primitives source code.  That's a lot, and the code is complex and ugly.  If it never really worked before IMO we should nuke it asap.  If it worked in some fashion perhaps we can schedule its demise for the 6.0 release's VM.
> 
> What do others think?

As long as you don’t remove it from the Cog VM’s until I no longer need it I’m fine with that.

Max

> 
> _,,,^..^,,,_
> best, Eliot

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