Re: Build failure on master

[Neil Jerram]

address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> Currently, the code just checks for the magic cookie (see
> `make_objcode_by_mmap ()'), and if it differs, e.g., because the version
> isn't right, it just bails out.

Thanks for confirming that.

> Eventually, maybe it could handle this gracefully.  For instance, if
> said object file is from the cache, then it could just recompile and
> overwrite it with a new object file.

Yes, this is what I'd (intuitively, but without detailed knowledge)
expect.

> Then it could also try to interpret version numbers and determine
> whether that bytecode is really incompatible, or whether it can
> interpret it.

Are there scenarios where that would be worthwhile?

Regards,
    Neil