Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> 
> Am 13.02.2004 um 14:31 schrieb ducasse:
> 
>>>
>>>> Avi for me the next step is:
>>>>     - can we have a binary format for Monticello, alex coded for the 
>>>> modules of Henrik a binary format.
>>>> We were thinking to release it (I'm not sure that this is good).
>>>
>>>
>>> I'd definitely like to see that.  It's a binary format as in saving 
>>> and loading bytecode instead of source?
>>
>>
>> Alex is in rush for a paper (19 march deadline) but I passed him the 
>> message.
>> Basically you save bytecode in addition to source. It works well for 
>> alex as classboxes do not rely
>> on a centralized source manager. So I imagine that more development is 
>> needed there if we would like
>> to use that for Squeak. But this can be a good basis to start with a 
>> lot of tests (if I remember correctly)
> 
> 
> I'd like a way to check binary files from disk into a MC repository 
> (similar to CVS). Alternatively, or perhaps additionally, a way to store 
> an image segment with the code.

We talked about being able to do that early in the MC development cycle 
and I'm pretty sure it should still be doable.  Andrew and I have a need 
for this at work so we'll probably do it eventually if nobody else does, 
but it won't be until the end of march, I'd guess...

Julian