[Vm-dev] Re: [squeak-dev] new Cog VMs available

[Eliot Miranda]

On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Woo hoo!  Thanks Eliot!
>
> Quick question, I see you're using a new naming convention, what does
> 13.13 mean?
>

It means the 13th week of 2013.  So all the archives are named
archive-WEEK.YEAR.SVNID.ext.

Hope that's not too inconvenient.  But they need unique names.  I stupidly
overwrite a set of old files doing some reorganization a few weeks back and
that wouldn't have happened with unique names...


>
> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > at http://www.mirandabanda.org/files/Cog/VM/VM.r2714/
> >
> > These fix quite a serious bug with the JIT that would cause crashes in
> large
> > images.
> >
> > CogVM binaries as per VMMaker.oscog-eem.282/r2714
> >
> > Change application name from Croquet to Squeak and change to green Cog
> > Squeak
> > icons.  Add accurate version info to the Windows exes (include SCCSID in
> > properties).
> >
> > Add the SSLPlugin on mac and linux (won't link on old mingw; need to
> > update).
> >
> > Cogit: Fix *HORRIBLE* yet ancient bug with the CogObjectRep.
> > Both CogObjectRepresentationForSqueakV3>>couldBeObject: &
> > CogObjectRepresentationForSqueakV3>>shouldAnnotateObjectReference:
> > used signed comparisons for oops and so once the heap size
> > pushes oops into the upper half of the address space constant
> > oops in machine code were no longer being updated by the GC.
> >
> > StackInterpreter: rewrite the login for printing methods so that
> > printing the frame of a bad receiver won't seg fault.
> >
> > Add primitivePathToUsing which mimics the PointerFinder and can hence be
> > used
> > to debug or verify it.
> >
> > Remove unnecessary forceInterruptCheck in
> > NewObjectMemory>>become:with:twoWay:copyHash:.
> > (heartbeat does this for us).
> >
> > Fix bug in assert in NewCoObjectMemory>>restoreHeaderOf:to:.
> >
> > Slang:
> > Fix translation of to:by:do: loops so that the limit is not re-evaluated
> > on each iteration if it may have side-effects.
> >
> > Include the correct AioPlugin (UnixAioPlugin)
> >
> > Include SqueakSSLPlugin in the configurations.
> >
> > Cogit:
> > Stop reporting EncounteredUnknownBytecode with an error message.
> >
> > Fix slip in ceSICMiss: that didn't link new PIC if an MNU case.
> >
> > Add pixel peeker prims to BitBltPlugin.
> > Minor signature changes to BitBltPlugin & HostWindowPlugin from
> > SmartSyntaxPluginGenerator bug fix.
> >
> > --
> > best,
> > Eliot
> >
> >
> >
>



-- 
best,
Eliot
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