Re: [Help-smalltalk] typo in MessageLookup

[Ladislav Marek]

I'm getting an error when building GST:

gst-doc: Invalid argument nil: must be a Symbol

backtrace:

optimized [] in UndefinedObject>>executeStatements (../scripts/GenDoc.st:176)
SystemExceptions.WrongClass(Exception)>>activateHandler: (ExcHandling.st:515)
SystemExceptions.WrongClass(Exception)>>signal (ExcHandling.st:254)
SystemExceptions.WrongClass class>>signalOn:mustBe: (SysExcept.st:778)
SystemExceptions.WrongClass class>>signalOn:mustBe: (SysExcept.st:774)
Object class(Object)>>perform:withArguments: (Object.st:1269)
MessageLookup>>sendTo: (MessageLookup.st:78)
Object class(Object)>>perform: (Object.st:1138)
STInST.STClassLoaderObjects.ProxyClass>>doesNotUnderstand: #name
(Parser.star#VFS.ZipFile/STLoaderObjs.st:815)
STInST.STClassLoaderObjects.ProxyClass(STInST.STClassLoaderObjects.PseudoBehavior)>>nameIn:
(Parser.star#VFS.ZipFile/STLoaderObjs.st:606)
STInST.TexinfoDocPublisher class>>printTreeClass:shouldLink:on:indent:
(ClassPublisher.star#VFS.ZipFile/Texinfo.st:227)
[] in STInST.TexinfoDocPublisher class(STInST.DocPublisher
class)>>printHierarchyOf:hierarchy:startAt:on:indent:
(ClassPublisher.star#VFS.ZipFile/Publish.st:561)
SortedCollection(OrderedCollection)>>do: (OrderColl.st:66)
SortedCollection>>do: (SortCollect.st:121)
STInST.TexinfoDocPublisher class(STInST.DocPublisher
class)>>printHierarchyOf:hierarchy:startAt:on:indent:
(ClassPublisher.star#VFS.ZipFile/Publish.st:555)
STInST.TexinfoDocPublisher class(STInST.DocPublisher
class)>>makeDescendentsDictionary:thenPrintOn:
(ClassPublisher.star#VFS.ZipFile/Publish.st:611)
STInST.TexinfoDocPublisher class(STInST.DocPublisher
class)>>printHierarchyOf:on:
(ClassPublisher.star#VFS.ZipFile/Publish.st:543)
STInST.TexinfoDocPublisher class>>publishAll:on:
(ClassPublisher.star#VFS.ZipFile/Texinfo.st:80)
[] in STInST.TexinfoDocPublisher class>>publishAll:onFile:
(ClassPublisher.star#VFS.ZipFile/Texinfo.st:63)
BlockClosure>>ensure: (BlkClosure.st:268)
STInST.TexinfoDocPublisher class>>publishAll:onFile:
(ClassPublisher.star#VFS.ZipFile/Texinfo.st:62)
STInST.TexinfoDocPublisher class>>publishAll:toLocation:
(ClassPublisher.star#VFS.ZipFile/Texinfo.st:96)
optimized [] in UndefinedObject>>executeStatements (../scripts/GenDoc.st:159)
BlockClosure>>on:do:on:do: (BlkClosure.st:206)
UndefinedObject>>executeStatements (../scripts/GenDoc.st:174)

I have to change method
STInST.STClassLoaderObjects.ProxyClass>>doesNotUnderstand:

diff --git a/packages/stinst/parser/STLoaderObjs.st
b/packages/stinst/parser/STLoaderObjs.st
index 6eda6e1..72deded 100644
--- a/packages/stinst/parser/STLoaderObjs.st
+++ b/packages/stinst/parser/STLoaderObjs.st
@@ -812,6 +812,7 @@ superclass
 !

 doesNotUnderstand: aMessage
+    aMessage startingClass: proxy class.
     ^proxy perform: aMessage
 ! !


On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 08:39, Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 01/28/2012 08:15 PM, Ladislav Marek wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> MessageLookup.st is missing in kernel/Makefile.frag and packages.xml, see
>> patch.
>> MessageLookup>>sendTo: also reference undefined variable, patch:
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/MessageLookup.st b/kernel/MessageLookup.st
>> index ca495b9..e7f2bac 100644
>> --- a/kernel/MessageLookup.st
>> +++ b/kernel/MessageLookup.st
>> @@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ but also the starting class for the search.'>
>>          ^self startingClass lookupSelector: self selector
>>      ]
>>
>> -    sendTo: receiver [
>> +    sendTo: anObject [
>>         "Send the message to the given receiver"
>>
>>         <category: 'basic'>
>> -       ^receiver perform: self method with: anObject
>> +       ^anObject perform: self method with: anObject
>
>
> should be "withArguments: self arguments".
>
>>      ]
>>
>>      startingClass: aClass [
>
>
> I had fixed this locally, but I still have to push.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Paolo
>