2012/12/29 Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com>:
> On 29 December 2012 14:28, Nicolas Cellier
> <nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2012/12/29 Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com>:
>>> On 29 December 2012 14:19, Nicolas Cellier
>>> <nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> This looks like decompiled code...
>>>
>>> That, and also note that the error's right the token "_r5", making me
>>> think of the underscore-in-selector preference.
>>>
>>> frank
>>>
>>
>> That would not be a solution because Decompiler messed temp var names
>> and declaration.
>> We shall better not trust the Decompiled code in this case...
>> I thought this issue was solved, but my memory is more selective than
>> an issue tracker ;)
>
> I meant that it could be a confounding factor, not a workaround.
>
> It seems sensible that decompilable code ought always to be
> compilable. Further, I'd expect (assuming no Compiler changes) that
> the original bytecode and the decompiled-recompiled bytecode to be
> identical.
>
> frank
>

Ideally yes.
But see DecompilerTests>>#decompilerFailures and usage...

Nicolas

>> Nicolas
>>
>>>> Why recompileAll could not find the source?
>>>>
>>>> Nicolas
>>>>
>>>> 2012/12/29 H. Hirzel <hannes.hirzel at gmail.com>:
>>>>> The screen shot
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/29/12, H. Hirzel <hannes.hirzel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> For testing I deleted the #roll method of class Random. Then
>>>>>>   Compiler recompileAll
>>>>>> fails with another method. See screen shot
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And the same happens with March 2012 version
>>>>>>    http://ftp.squeak.org/4.4alpha/Squeak4.4-11925.zip
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So the error was introduced in between December 23, 2011 and March 2012
>>>>>> or alternatively it has something to do with the VM version.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12/29/12, H. Hirzel <hannes.hirzel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> And in a pristine 4.3 image
>>>>>>>     Compiler recompileAll
>>>>>>> runs fine.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 12/29/12, Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 29 December 2012 08:40, H. Hirzel <hannes.hirzel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hello
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> TEST:
>>>>>>>>> Evaluate
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>       Compiler recompileAll
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> in a Workspace
>>>>>>>>> in version Squeak4.4-12324.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> RESULT:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Brings up a syntax error
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Method #roll: in class Random does not compile.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Oddly, it does compile if you touch the source (delete the last
>>>>>>>> character and replace it) in a Browser and accept.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> frank
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Neither does it compile this version
>>>>>>>>> http://ftp.squeak.org/4.4alpha/Squeak4.4-11925.zip (March 2012).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> NOTE:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I found out about this because I was running
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>       Smalltalk unloadAllKnownPackages
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> in version  Squeak4.4-11925
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --Hannes
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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