ToDo List for 3.7

stéphane ducasse ducasse at iam.unibe.ch
Tue Jun 29 14:00:49 UTC 2004


Hi ned

I meant the first one because I was not aware of the second :). So yes 
I would like to see them both in too.


Stef

On 29 juin 04, at 00:48, Ned Konz wrote:

> On Tuesday 22 June 2004 4:03 pm, Doug Way wrote:
>>     * refstream of ted
>> Close call... I assume this is "[FIX] RefStrmObsolCls-tk" which was
>> posted on 3-4-04.  This looks like a smallish enough change that 
>> perhaps
>> it could be squeezed in for 3.7 if someone can give it a good review.
>
> I see two possibilities:
>
> ---------
> (1) is the one you mentioned:
>
> Change Set:		RefStrmObsolCls-tk
> Date:			19 September 2003
> Author:			Ted Kaehler
>
> V2: stef: Changed Smalltalk by SystemNavigation default at the right 
> place
> please check. It is really too late.
>
> SmartReferenceStrm is in charge of converting reading in old .pr files 
> and
> taking care of instances of classes that have changed shape.  It also 
> handles
> obsolete classes.  It gives the user a chance to name a new class that 
> old
> instances will be converted to.
> 	In 2000 Bob Arning made major changes, but these were never extended 
> to
> converting the instances of obsolete classes.  This changeSet fixes 
> that.
>
> -----------
> (2) is an earlier one (actually, 2 change sets) that I think has quite 
> a bit
> of merit:
>
> Change Set:		ReshapedBlocksInCls-3pt6-di
> Date:			1 October 2003
> Author:			Dan Ingalls
>
> This changeSet allows projects to be loaded even if they contain active
> methodContexts and blocks in classes whose instance variable offsets 
> have
> changed.  Within reason, of course.  The cases handled are addition of 
> new
> instance variables, removal of instance variables that are not 
> referred to,
> and juggling of the order of the variables.  Cases that cannot be 
> handled are
> treated pretty much as before, with a warning message citing the 
> classes that
> have been reshaped to the point that their active blocks can not be 
> set right
> in the receiving image.
> 	Ted K. modified one more method, to remove the warning when a project 
> with a
> block is written.
> 	This version is for Squeak 3.6.
> 	A different version of this file works in Squeak 3.4
> ------
>
> I'll look at both of these, but Ted's the expert here.
>
> Ted, can you give us a hint on this?
>
> I'd really like to get these fixes in 3.7...
>
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Ned Konz
> http://bike-nomad.com/squeak/
>




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