Hi Jaromir,


great questions, looking forward to a comprehensive answer, too. :-)


Ad 1: I suppose these instances were created prior to the introduction of FullBlockClosure and the SistaV1 bytecode set. It's funny to see they're still alive and appear to work.


Best,

Christoph

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Von: Squeak-dev <squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org> im Auftrag von Jaromir Matas <mail at jaromir.net>
Gesendet: Samstag, 11. Februar 2023 14:08:52
An: Squeak Dev
Betreff: [squeak-dev] Questions about FullBlock closures

Hi,

Two questions:

1) When I do:
BlockClosure allInstances size "---> 66"
I always get 66 instances of BlockClosure, all of them probably related to the UI (as far as I can tell).
Q: Why do we have those closures as instances of BlockClosure and not FullBlockClosure? (just trying to understand)

2) When I do:
(FullBlockClosure allInstances select: [:each | each outerContext isNil]) size "---> 0"
I always get zero; this means there are no closures without the outer context set. However, the class comment says:
FullBlockClosure: [...] outerContext can be either a Context or nil.
Q: When would it make sense to use a FullBlockClosure with nilled outer context? No such situation in the system?

I wonder: if we used a FullBlockClosure with outerContext == nil, how would then methods like Context >> home work? They assume 'closureOrNil outerContext' is not nil and would fail, if I understand correctly. Am I missing something/confused??

Many thanks for any help,

best,
Jaromir


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Jaromír Matas

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