[Vm-dev] [squeak-dev] Support an updated image format number for Sista

[Marcel Taeumel]

Hi all!

>  I think we need something more informative, say primitiveAvailableBytecodeSets which answers an Array of the names of the bytecode sets in the VM, answering a one element array if there is only one set.

+1

Best,
Marcel
Am 30.04.2020 04:38:46 schrieb David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com>:

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 05:19:22PM -0700, Eliot Miranda wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
>
> > On Apr 29, 2020, at 3:34 PM, David T. Lewis wrote:
> >
> > ???
> > Hi Eliot,
> >
> > I put VMMaker.oscog-dtl.2711.mcz in the VMMaker inbox a while ago:
> >
> > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/vm-dev/2020-February/032749.html
>
> Forgive me for missing this. I???ll take a look soon.
>
> >
> > Does this still seem like a good idea to you? If yes, do you want me
> > to merge it into VMMaker.oscog? Squeak trunk is already calling the
> > (not yet existing) primitive when Sista is activated, so if we provide
> > the VM support, then the image format number will be updated. This is
> > likely to cause some confusion in trunk, but we are early in the release
> > cycle, so it's still a good time to get it done.
>
> I don???t object to a sista bit in the image header. I find primitiveMultipleBytecodesActive uncompelling. I think we need something more informative, say primitiveAvailableBytecodeSets which answers an Array of the names of the bytecode sets in the VM, answering a one element array if there is only one set.
>
> But I???ll take a look soon.
>

Thanks. Please treat my inbox submission as a discussion opener. We
are early in the Squeak release cycle so updating trunk to match is
not a problem.

Dave

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/vm-dev/attachments/20200430/d842783c/attachment.html>