Re: [Vm-dev] VMMaker[Tool] considered harmful

On Monday 29 March 2010 06:34:05 pm Juan Vuletich wrote:

Andreas Raab wrote:

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Here's what I think VMMaker ought to do:

• Translate a set of classes into C code in a specific directory.

But I'd like something else. Currently VMMaker is both for building the whole VM and plugins. I almost never build the whole VM. And I build small plugins all the time. I believe that the subset for building plugins should be a separate package.

+1 and +1 for both proposals. Most plugins are really small and the build process can definitely be simplified further.

Most of the build happens outside the VM with the C toolkits. The first step in a build script itself can invoke headless squeak to translate classes (or slang code) into the build directory.

Subbu