I added Eliot's #primitiveAdoptInstance to VMMaker for the
interpreter VM, so this should be present in future VM builds
for the traditional interpreter as well as for Cog.

Dave

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:35:08AM +0000, commits at source.squeak.org wrote:
> A new version of Kernel was added to project The Inbox:
> http://source.squeak.org/inbox/Kernel-HenrikSperreJohansen.522.mcz
> 
> ==================== Summary ====================
> 
> Name: Kernel-HenrikSperreJohansen.522
> Author: HenrikSperreJohansen
> Time: 10 December 2010, 11:35:02.564 am
> UUID: 52384bb5-4b18-9e49-8292-cf8bb55e06aa
> Ancestors: Kernel-ul.521
> 
> adoptInstance: , an alternative interface to primitiveChangeClassTo:.
> 
> Uses primitive if available, if not the equivalent primitiveChangeClassTo: expression (only in Cog for now)
> 
> =============== Diff against Kernel-ul.521 ===============
> 
> Item was added:
> + ----- Method: Behavior>>adoptInstance: (in category 'instance creation') -----
> + adoptInstance: anInstance
> + 	"Change the class of anInstance to me.
> + 	Primitive (only found in Cog) should follow the same rules as described in 	primitiveChangeClassTo:"
> + 
> + 	<primitive: 160 error: ec>
> + 	^anInstance primitiveChangeClassTo: self basicNew.!
>