I know this may sound sadistic, but how could I go about programming in Smalltalk bytecode, directly?
At least you can read the bytecodes created by squeak in the current image:
Open a browser in Squeak and select a method in a class. Right click on the methods name in the method pane and select "What to show..." and "byteCodes".
Have fun, Torsten
On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 Torsten.Bergmann@phaidros.com wrote:
I know this may sound sadistic, but how could I go about programming in Smalltalk bytecode, directly?
At least you can read the bytecodes created by squeak in the current image:
Open a browser in Squeak and select a method in a class. Right click on the methods name in the method pane and select "What to show..." and "byteCodes".
Yup, I've seen that. However, you cannot change the bytecodes and save the changes.
Aaron
Aaron reic0024@D.UMN.EDU is claimed by the authorities to have written:
Open a browser in Squeak and select a method in a class. Right click on the methods name in the method pane and select "What to show..." and "byteCodes".
Yup, I've seen that. However, you cannot change the bytecodes and save the changes.
Sounds like your cue; along with Dan's suggestions I think making the bytecodes view editable should be a worthwhile avenue of exploration.
I wish I could assume you had an Acorn machine handy. The very popular text editor (the one I'm using to type this mail) is able to display a binary file in word/byte or assembler modes. You can edit the assembler instructions in mnemonic (is there any easy way to remember how to spell that?) form and it will do the appropriate translation to put the right bytes in place. I suspect the general principle should be useful in squeak.
tim
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