MetaclassTalk 0.3 alpha 1 for Squeak 3.0

• Presentation
• Download and install notes
• Known bugs & bug fixs

Presentation

Download and install notes

For all plateforms (including Linux): Source code

• metaclassTalk0.3alpha1.sources.tgz (16KB)
• Requires Squeak 3.0
• After unfolding the archive fileIn the file named: InstallMetaclassTalk.st

A ready to use image

• metaclassTalk0.3alpha1.image.tgz (about 9MB)
• Requires Squeak 3.0 VM and SqueakV3.source

For Linux: a comprehensive archive (includes all required files)

• metaclassTalk0.3alpha1.full4Linux.tgz (about 13MB)
• No requirements :-)

Known bugs & bug fixes

1. No exception handling

2. How can I change a plain Smalltalk class into a Metaclass one (Samir Saidani)?

• FileIn the following fix: MetaclassTalk0.3alpha1.fix1.cs.gz (about 2.5KB)
• then for a given Smalltalk class C you want to make instance of a MetaclassTalk metaclass M, evaluate the following expression (Note that this code works also for MetaclassTalk classes): C changeMetaclass: M

3. Source code of methods in MetaclassTalk classes is not always available (a hardly readable decompiled code appears instead)

• FileIn :
  1. metaclassTalk0.3alpha1.fix3.cs.gz (about 0.8KB)
  2. MetaclassTalk0.3alpha1.fix2.cs.gz (about 0.7KB)
• then for each MetaclassTalk class C you defined do : C compileAll and the original source code you typed will be restored

4. Class recompilation sometimes rebuilds methods with the wrong code (the method wrappers one).

• FileIn : metaclassTalk0.3alpha1.fix3.cs.gz (about 0.8KB)