[Q] Status of blocks
Daniel Vainsencher
danielv at netvision.net.il
Tue Jan 14 22:23:21 UTC 2003
I think unbundling them is a great idea. Changes are easier to swallow
in small pieces.
Daniel
Tim Rowledge <tim at sumeru.stanford.edu> wrote:
> Anthony Hannan <ajh18 at cornell.edu> appears to have written:
>
> >
> > I'm thinking of
> > separating the full closure functionality out so it can be filed into
> > current Squeak. It will involve changing the compiler but not the
> > bytecodes. Blocks will probably be slower because they will have to use
> > sends instead of custom bytecodes for certain closure operations. But
> > at least it will be compatible with the next Jitter. Also, the
> > remaining VI4 project will be free to continue exploring alternative
> > bytecodes and such. I bet most people will like this separation. Is
> > there anyone who thinks I should keep closures bundled with VI4?
> Making progress towards separating concerns about the vm design from the
> closures would be very helpful in making adoption of your sterling work
> easier to arrange.
>
> There are a few vacant bytecodes that could easily be retargeted for
> block support purposes to improve performance a bit over plain message
> sends, without causing massive changes.
>
> tim
>
> --
> Tim Rowledge, tim at sumeru.stanford.edu, http://sumeru.stanford.edu/tim
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