Re: [Squeak-VMdev] Request for help with simulation in 3.7

[Dan I. <Da...@Sq...>]

>All of it should and does run in the simulation

Thanks, Andreas -

This gives me great hope.

>- it's just that there are a
>few gotchas that I didn't think about for getting this stuff running from
>the interpsim (which, unfortunately insists on managing an array of bytes
>instead of objects...)
>
>AFAICT, the problem is really in the use of the workBuffer iVar in the B2D
>simulation which expects some sort of array (it's accessed via #at: and
>#at:put:) and typically holding a CArrayAccessor of some kind but being
>handed a SmallInt from the interpsim. Which in itself wouldn't be that big
>of a problem if the simulation would consistently use #longAt: and friends
>but it doesn't and so there it goes...
>
>I've attached a few changes which (I think) are the simplest workaround to
>the problem. Let me know if this works.

That's exactly the kind of boost I was after.  I'll take it from here and, with the caveat that I may have to ask you a couple more specific questions, I should be able to get things right.  I will report to all as things progress.

	- Dan