On 05/30/2011 10:02 AM, Mariano Martinez Peck wrote:
The problem to compare ObjectDumper is that we need to be able to run both in the same Dialect/VM. Otherwise the difference of the dialect or VM can change the results a lot.
That's true.
Sorry for the offtopic but is there an easy way to install GNU Smalltalk in a Mac OS 10.6.7 ?
With 3.2.4 and MacPorts it should be easy. You need to install the libsigsegv port first. It may not work right away if your compiler doesn't look in MacPorts paths. You can preempt the issue with an extra option to the configure script: ./configure --with-system-libsigsegv=/opt/local/lib --prefix=/opt/local make sudo make install (or /opt/local/lib64, I don't know :)). ObjectDumper should be easy to port to Pharo. Something like gst-convert -f gst -F squeak /opt/local/smalltalk/kernel/ObjDumper.st | tr '\n' '\r' > objdumper.sq should be a good start. Check out category "private - binary I/O", that's where changes might be made. The resulting streams should be portable between dialects, though I've never tried. Testcases are old so they have not been converted to SUnit, but I'm sure someone in the GNU Smalltalk community can help. :> Lastly, it was written entirely by me, so I can relicense parts of it if required. Contact me off-list if you are interested. HTH, Paolo