Re: [Squeak-VMdev] Versiojn 4 changes

[Tim R. <ti...@su...>]

In message <083a01c41d51$64cbf0a0$b2d0fea9@R22>
          "Andreas Raab" <and...@gm...> wrote:

> > I'd suggest that the VM changes are pretty small but ought to include
> > the ability to pass back an error value (fortunately I have ancient
> > code to do that sitting somewhere) so the image knows what the problem
> > was and does the smart thing.
> 
> Yes, that is a "must do" in my understanding. Thanks for reminding. I think
> we might just extend #primitiveFail to include an "error reason", so you
> would use it via:
> 
>     interpreterProxy->primitiveFail(ERROR_BAD_ARGUMENT);
> 
> or somesuch.
Well, I guess I'll dig out the old code then. Needs a trivial change to
the compiler when handling prims IIRC.

tim
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