>Alternatively, you could do something like the following in your primitive:
>
>----
>interpreterProxy
>	instantiateClass: (interpreterProxy classString)
>	indexableSize: <the size you need>.
>---
>
>This way, you could make whatever call you need to make, then allocate a
>String for the correct size, and copy the data into that string.  Probably
>very little difference in performance either way (the copy might be a tad
>faster if done in C).

Right.  However, if it is done in the primitive, all other references 
to oops or parts of oops stored in local variables must be presumed 
invalid.  This is because #instantiateClass:indexableSize: can cause 
a garbageCollection.  Accordingly, depending upon whethe you need 
actual access to other oops (as opposed to their values), you may 
need to go back to the stack to re-access parameters.