Comments on Smalltalk block closure designs, part 1
Tim Rowledge
tim at sumeru.stanford.edu
Wed May 2 17:53:47 UTC 2001
"Anthony Hannan" <ajh18 at cornell.edu> is widely believed to have written:
> I think Allen's design is more "correct" for independent blocks.
>
> I for one would like to see a block contain its own bytecodes as well as
> literal references and a reference to the shared environment between the
> block and its home method. Blocks would be just like mini CompiledMethods.
If people (you, Ian, etc) can agree a spec for how you want this, then
I can incorporate much of it in the NewCompiledMethod rework I hope to
get done soon.
tim
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