[Vm-dev] SmallInteger as Methods [WAS] Re: [Pharo-project] Ideas for CompiledMethod proxies?

David T. Lewis lewis at mail.msen.com
Mon Nov 22 19:20:47 UTC 2010


On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 08:05:02PM +0100, Mariano Martinez Peck wrote:
>  
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 7:58 PM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 05:06:01PM -0800, Eliot Miranda wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Mariano Martinez Peck <
> > > marianopeck at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 8:18 PM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com
> > >wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 08:41:44PM +0100, Mariano Martinez Peck wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Eliot Miranda <
> > eliot.miranda at gmail.com
> > > >> >wrote:
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Mariano Martinez Peck <
> > > >> > > marianopeck at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >> It doesn't work here. It seems I cannot use SmallInteger like
> > > >> methods. The
> > > >> > >> #run:with:in: is never call and the image crashes.
> > > >> > >>
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > That's simply a bug and we should fix it.  What crashes, the
> > > >> Interpreter,
> > > >> > > Cog or both?  Prepare a reproducible test case (image, change set
> > etc)
> > > >> and
> > > >> > > we can try and fix this.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > To reproduce just file in the attached cs. Then evaluate the
> > following:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > TestCase methodDict at: #assert: put: 4.
> > > >> > TestCase new assert: 'zaraza'.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > If works, you should have a debugger in SmallInteger >>
> > #run:with:in:
> > > >> > otherwise, a crash.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I've tested in mac vms like:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Squeak 4.2.5beta1U
> > > >> > Squeak 5.8b4
> > > >> >
> > > >> > and it crash.
> > > >> > In Squeak 64-32 5.7b1   it just hangs forever (I guess at some point
> > it
> > > >> will
> > > >> > crash).
> > > >> >
> > > >> > And in Cog it works perfect!  The problem is that I am using my own
> > VM
> > > >> and I
> > > >> > cannot use COG. So, if Cog has fixed this, I would like to know the
> > > >> changes
> > > >> > so that to apply it to my VM.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Maybe it is already fixed in latest VMMaker, but I couldn't compile
> > > >> > it....(other story)
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >> It is definitely not fixed in the latest VMMaker (interpreter).
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > Thanks Dave. Then I guess it was integrated in Cog by Eliot, or maybe
> > just
> > > > a side effect in Eliot changes that automagically fixed this?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Yes.  When I did run:as:in: support for Cog I fixed this.  I introduced
> > >
> > > isOopCompiledMethod: oop
> > >     "Answer whether the oop is an object of compiled method format"
> > > <api>
> > >     ^(self isNonIntegerObject: oop) and: [(self formatOf: oop) >= 12]
> > >
> > > and used it in the relevant places.  perhaps you could look at the usage
> > in
> > > Cog and apply the same to the interpreter?
> > >
> > > The existing method is
> > >
> > > isCompiledMethod: oop
> > >     "Answer whether the argument object is of compiled method format"
> > >     ^(self formatOf: oop) >= 12
> > >
> > > and may crash if given a SmallInteger (alas on x86 it won't always crash
> > :)
> > > ).
> >
> > Thanks Eliot,
> >
> > I put the check only into Interpreter>>lookupMethodInDictionary (not
> > because
> > I wanted to do it differently, but because I'm behind in my email and did
> > not
> > notice your message until now). This seems sufficient for the moment, and
> > I'll
> > make a note to apply your more general fixes in the next update.
> >
> 
> Yes, because with only that change there are still problems. For example, if
> you put a SmallInteger as method and then you send #perform:
> Example:
> 
> TestCase methodDict at: #assert: put: 5.
> (TestCase >> #assert:) perform: #literals.

I get MessageNotUnderstood: SmallInteger>>literals with your example.
Is that not expected?

Dave



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