The method itself (#vmParameterAt:put:) is very nicely documented.  The use
is:
5 allocations between GCs (read-write; nil in Cog VMs)
-cbc

On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 8:59 AM, H. Hirzel <hannes.hirzel at gmail.com> wrote:

> What is / was
>
>      vmParamterAt: 5 put: xxxx
>
> used for?
>
> On 4/24/17, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:
> > We should probably just remove these lines.
> >
> > - Bert -
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 4:15 PM, Chris Cunningham <
> cunningham.cb at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >> I am using a new 64bit vm on Windows (Stack Spur Apr 12 2017) with a
> >> mostly up to date trunk image (last update: #17172), and when trying to
> >> open the Objects morph (to pull in objects for Morphic), I get an error
> >> in
> >> KedemaMorph:
> >>
> >> calcTurtlesCount
> >>
> >> turtleCount := 0.
> >> turtlesDict do: [:a | turtleCount := turtleCount + a size].
> >>
> >> Smalltalk vmParameterAt: 5 put: ((turtleCount * 3) min: 16000 max:
> 4000).
> >> Smalltalk vmParameterAt: 6 put: ((turtleCount * 6) min: 32000 max:
> 8000).
> >>
> >> The vmParamterAt: 5 put: xxxx (4000 in my case), gets a primitive
> >> failure.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> cbc
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
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