[squeak-dev] InterpretSimulator

Adrian Lienhard adi at netstyle.ch
Thu Jan 22 21:10:45 UTC 2009


Some time ago I fixed the simulator to run 3.9 images. I posted fixes  
on http://bugs.squeak.org/view.php?id=6555

Adrian

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On Jan 22, 2009, at 20:56 , Jecel Assumpcao Jr wrote:

> Eliot Miranda wrote:
>> Hi Gwenael,
>>> I've tried many times to use the simulator but every time it  
>>> failed (missing
>>> method, ...). Do you have a patch or a link to a functional  
>>> release ?
>>
>>
>> Not as yet.  I'm actively using the simulator in day to day  
>> development and
>> depend on it so I have a reasonably complete functional simulator.   
>> But
>> before I can release it I have to get it vetted.  I'll try and get  
>> this done in the
>> next couple of weeks.
>
> Interesting - I was asking Craig about the simulator on the #squeak  
> IRC
> channel last week and he said that it should still work in recent
> Squeaks, but I would need a fairly old image to load into it. My
> impression had been that several times in the past the simulator had
> been broken, which is what you guys are saying.
>
> Let me test: in a 3.8-6665 image got a "sweep failed to find exact end
> of memory" crash when trying to load itself. Trying to load the 1.1- 
> APSL
> image seemed to lock up, but then it also locks up a reasonably modern
> VM. Loading a 1.16u image worked pretty well though the menus are all
> black except for the selected option and quiting the simulated image  
> got
> me a primitive failure in shutting down the sound.
>
> So running the simulator *in* 3.8 *with* a 1.16 image works, just as
> Craig said. I'll try the simulator in a 3.10.2 image later and if that
> works will see what is the most recent image it will simulate.
>
> -- Jecel
>
>




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