Context of Execution

Jack Waugh 95h62gq02 at sneakemail.com
Fri Jul 21 23:53:38 PDT 2006


Brian T. Rice <water <at> tunes.org> writes:
. . .
> The manual is incorrect inasmuch as we never implemented that feature on
> compiled bytecode methods - the form of the VM instruction set and method
> format makes that awkward
> (http://slate.tunes.org/repos/main/doc/bytecode.txt outlines block
> format). However, it would be very easy to simulate it (since we can
> define methods within the bodies of other methods), and there is nothing
> preventing the addition, removal, and updating of other slots dynamically
> using mechanisms other than the block header.
> 
(above is from http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.slate.general/1439 ).

So am I to understand that you have a definition in mind of the language
semantics that says what the context of execution should be, and one or more
implementations, some of which do not quite conform to the definition?




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