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

[Andreas R. <and...@gm...>]

Dan,

> 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.

Great. If you want to, we could meet wednesday to work out any remaining
issues. Let me know (or rather: Kim, since that'll be eating into eToys
time) if we want to set up a meeting for an hour or so.

Cheers,
  - Andreas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Ingalls" <Da...@Sq...>
To: "Andreas Raab" <and...@gm...>
Cc: <squ...@li...>
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Squeak-VMdev] Request for help with simulation in 3.7


> >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
>
>
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