On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Lex Spoon wrote:

>
> Hmmmm.  An alternative is to add a new method like #hashBits to query
> the VM, and then for #identityHash to do the scaling up.  This would let
> IdentitySet also benefit from the change.
>
> To rehash everything, you can do:
>
> 	Smalltalk allObjectsDo: [ :o | o rehash ]

Been there, tried it. doesn't work. I refactored out
ProtoObject>>hashBits, made method dictionaries use that. This works; no
problem. Assume that I've already done that in my remarks below.

I could then make Object>>hash defined as being 'self hashBits * 4097'.
The image will go to the emergency evaluator after 'a little bit' (5-20
seconds). Untested, but that should be enough time to rehash all sets.

But, thats still a workaround; I want a fix thats complete, so I don't do
that. The right fix is what ou suggest, alter ProtoObject>>identityHash.

I want to make ProtoObjct>>identityHash to be 'self hashBits * 4097'. If I
do this, the image just exits; no walkback, no emergency evaluator. I
suspect this may be partially because the symbol table, for example,
becomes immediately useless.

Any suggestion? And, how to make a changeset with this change.

(Once I figure out the above, I will then make a seperate primitives in
the interpreter for hashing.)

>
> So am I missing anything?  I'd say go for it!
>

Yep; try it. It don't want to work. :)


Scott



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