Re: [Squeak-VMdev] Versiojn 4 changes

[<gor...@bl...>]

Hi Dan and all!

I don't have the knowledge to really respond but just a few things:

Dan Ingalls <Da...@Sq...> wrote:
[SNIP]
> Compact classes
> I'm inclined to drop them and give the bits back to the hash, but it's only a mild inclination.
> How do you guys feel?

It sounds like I agree. I love simplicity. :)
 
> And what about native methods support?  Is there something simple that would suffice, or something better?  This is a time when we could open some possibilities.  If we had some idea, then at least we could put the right hooks in the image, even if we need to do some VM work to use it later.

Bryce Kampjes should have some answers, I cced him with this post. Hey
Bryce, if you aren't on this list you should be. :)
  
> Immutability bit
> This sounds intriguing.  Has anyone here thought seriously about what is needed to support it?

I think Stephen Pair is interested in a bit or two, though it was a
while since I heard from Stephen. IIRC a "dirty bit" would be nice for
transactional images like Magma and Stephen's work etc. And I also think
Stephen was playing with some bits for managing an object cache.

regards, Göran