TestInterpreterPlugin help
Stephan Rudlof
sr at evolgo.de
Wed Jan 9 22:47:59 UTC 2002
Somewhat late, since I'm sitting in a hotel (working outside and had big
problems to connect...), but here are a few hints:
Joshua 'Schwa' Gargus wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm having trouble passing around a pointer between interpreted Squeak
> code and compiled plugin code. I have a primitive method that returns
> a pointer like this:
>
> ^ aPtr asOop: Unsigned
>
> This seems to work fine; depending on the value, I get either a
> SmallInteger or a LargePositiveInteger. The problem arises when I try
> to pass this into another primitive method that looks like this:
>
> primNeedPointer: aPtr
>
> self
> primitive: 'primNeedPointer'
> parameters: #(Unsigned)
> "more stuff..."
>
> The generated C code causing the failure is:
>
> interpreterProxy->success(interpreterProxy->isKindOf(interpreterProxy->stackValue(0), "Unsigned"));
>
> Looking at the code for isKindOf(), it is clear why it fails: the
> object (a SmallInteger or LargePositiveInteger) is not an instance
> of Unsigned or one of its subclasses.
You could use "Integer" here.
But there is another problem: if you have a LargeInteger as 'ptr' its oop
may have changed between the calls of the two prims.
Greetings,
Stephan
>
> I followed the directions on:
> http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/850
> as closely as possible. What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Joshua
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Stephan Rudlof (sr at evolgo.de)
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