New subject: [Pharo-project] Status of Alien FFI in windows Re: plan for 1.1

31 May 2010

      So...which is the status of Alien FFI ?
I remember Marco Schmidt did the first work of running FFI in windows...then
I think David was integrating such changes in VMMaker..
so, it is ready ? can be generate the plugin using VMMaker for winwows and
it just works?
Thanks for any update
Mariano
2010/5/26 Guillermo Polito guillermopolito@gmail.com
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Where can I read something about Alien?  I can give a little hand for the
windows part :).
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Schwab,Wilhelm K bschwab@anest.ufl.eduwrote:
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Stef,
I am more concerned about Alien on Linux, which is not working.  Beyond
that, I want to learn more about how to make calls using Alien; the more I
read, the more I have my doubts about its ease of use.  I will gladly eat
those words if it's easy to use.
Bill

From: pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr [
pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr] On Behalf Of Stéphane
Ducasse [stephane.ducasse@inria.fr]
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:04 AM
To: Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] plan for 1.1
yes this is good point.
I would like to have alien or ffi in 1.1. Now I do not know the status of
Alien on windows.
On May 26, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Schwab,Wilhelm K wrote:
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Stef,
My initial reaction to 1.1's approaching release was "where are the
callbacks/aliens?"  Sig appears to be offering some competition to Alien.
 If he/we can provide a comprehensive and convenient way to make calls, do
callbacks, additionally put calls onto other OS threads, and do all of this
on the three major platforms, then it could easily turn out the best option
for external interfacing.
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I am happy to see us take time to get it right.  My only concern would
be that we not fall into a pattern of leaving out the difficult things that
we set out to accomplish with a given release.  Since 1.1 is approaching
releasable form and FFI/Alien/NB is unclear at present, a release makes
sense.
...
Short answer: sure, whatever you say :)
Bill

From: pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr [
pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr] On Behalf Of Stéphane
Ducasse [stephane.ducasse@inria.fr]
...
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 4:20 AM
To: Pharo Development
Subject: [Pharo-project] plan for 1.1
Hi guys
we were discussing how we can handle 1.1 and the flux of good changes.
Here is the proposal:
       we take two or three weeks to let people try their code in 1.1
beta
...
   we integrate fixes that are important or easy
   then we wait one week
   then we launch 1.1 rc and 1.2 unstable

does this plan look ok for you?
The key point is that we want to avoid to have a pile of changes pending
because they can rot easily.
...
Stef
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