On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 09:04:41AM +0000, commits at source.squeak.org wrote:
>
> Andreas Raab uploaded a new version of Kernel to project The Trunk:
> http://source.squeak.org/trunk/Kernel-ar.564.mcz
> 
> ==================== Summary ====================
> 
> Name: Kernel-ar.564
> Author: ar
> Time: 7 April 2011, 11:04:21.248 am
> UUID: 32ecb9c9-177a-ce45-9c1c-a3714c801929
> Ancestors: Kernel-nice.563
> 
> Fix computation of Time>>milliseconds:since: which would compute incorrect deltas upon clock overflow.
> 
> =============== Diff against Kernel-nice.563 ===============
> 
> Item was added:
> + ----- Method: Time class>>millisecondClockMask (in category 'general inquiries') -----
> + millisecondClockMask
> + 	"The VM mask for the max. millisecond clock value.
> + 	This should be primitive but it ain't so it's copied inline from the Interpreter."
> + 	 ^16r1FFFFFFF!
> 

Agreed, the millisecondClockMask should be available from a primitive.
Should I make it so?

Dave