[Pharo-dev] [Vm-dev] Simulator in Pharo 3

[J. Vuletich (mail lists)]

Hi Folks,

(below)

Quoting Stefan Marr <smalltalk at stefan-marr.de>:

> Hi Ron:
>
> On 13 Feb 2014, at 10:38, Ron Teitelbaum <Ron at USMedRec.com> wrote:
>
>>> I think the bigger question is whether you actually want to adopt those
>> things.
>>
>> That the vm stays in sync should be a core requirement for our communities.
>
> I am with you on that Ron. But I need a technical solution to manage  
> those things.
> Good intensions are one thing, but how do we do that?
>
> Examples: [https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/18/commits]
>
> primitiveUpdateGZipCrc32
> -	self cCode:'' inSmalltalk:[zipCrcTable := CArrayAccessor on:  
> GZipWriteStream crcTable].
> +	self cCode:’' inSmalltalk:[zipCrcTable := CArrayAccessor on: CRC  
> crc32Table].
>
> primitiveGetAttribute
>
> -		attribute := Smalltalk getSystemAttribute: attr.
> +		attribute := Smalltalk vm getSystemAttribute: attr.
>
> CogVMSimulator>> initialize
> -	'Display has not yet been installed' asDisplayText form.
> +	'Display has not yet been installed' asMorph imageForm.
>
>
> ioRelinquishProcessorForMicroseconds
> -	Processor activeProcess == Project uiProcess ifTrue:
> +	Processor activeProcess == UIManager default uiProcess ifTrue:
>
>
> And so far, I only fixed trivial things. Still need to figure out  
> what is going wrong with more recent Pharo images.
>
> Best regards
> Stefan
>
> --
> Stefan Marr
> INRIA Lille - Nord Europe
> http://stefan-marr.de/research/

All these can be handled without much trouble in a new package  
"VMMaker compatibility for Pharo" or such.

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich