[bugs #9595] StepTalk was not able to handle more than 256(128) literals in scripts.

[Alexander V. Diemand]

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[bugs #9595] Full Item Snapshot:

URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=9595>
Project: GNUstep
Submitted by: Alexander V. Diemand
On: Thu 07/08/2004 at 14:52

Category:  Libraries
Severity:  5 - Average
Item Group:  Bug
Resolution:  None
Assigned to:  None
Status:  Open


Summary:  StepTalk was not able to handle more than 256(128) literals in 
scripts.

Original Submission:  Scripts written in Smalltalk and interpreted by StepTalk 
where limited to max. 256 literals (1 byte index) such as strings and numbers 
per block. This is way below what is normally needed.
A simple update of the compiler which computes the literal's index and stores 
it in the bytecode, plus the interpreter was necessary to allow for 16 bit 
indexes. This should allow for 64k literals.

The attached diff is made from the following files:
StepTalk/Languages/Smalltalk/STBytecodes.m
StepTalk/Languages/Smalltalk/STCompiler.m
against the current CVS version.

BTW: the patch uploaded by Mateu has not been fully applied to the CVS version 
of StepTalk. The needed change to STCompiler.m has been included again.

Thanks for including this in CVS.

Alex.




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Date: Thu 07/08/2004 at 14:52  Name: bugfix_size_of_literal_index.diff  Size: 
3.01KB   By: axeld
Diff against STCompiler.m and STBytecodes.m
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?item_id=9595&amp;item_file_id=1469






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