On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 11:01 PM David T. Lewis lewis@mail.msen.com wrote:
On Sun, May 05, 2019 at 01:45:13AM +0800, Ben Coman wrote:
On Sat, 4 May 2019 at 06:11, commits@source.squeak.org wrote:
Instead of this: This interpreter (vers. 0) cannot read image file (vers. 68021). Press CR to quit...
It seems useful to also say "a 32-bit VM is trying to read a 64-bit
image"?
It's not a 32-bit VM. The most common case is a 64-bit VM running a 32-bit image.
You are correct, but I think Ben's point was to support novice users in understanding what's going on (without having to know what, for example, 68021 means).
Why not something like: "This VM only supports 64-bit Sista images, but a 32-bit v3 image was provided." That would help users to select the right VM for their image at [1].
Fabio
[1] https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/releases/tag/201901172323
For reference: http://squeakvm.org/squeak64/faq.html
Dave