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SmallInteger cannot be printed #15

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
type SmallInteger and press enter on the repl.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by google@timmy.tmbx.com on 1 Feb 2009 at 11:52

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
This is actually more general, applying to any prototype which cannot actually 
be a
prototype for its "instances"; all literal types are included, as well as 
"abstract
prototypes".

Probably the general solution involves re-structuring Slate's inheritance and 
type
composition structure to avoid needing fake prototypes.

Original comment by BrianTRice on 25 Nov 2009 at 7:15

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
The other perspective on this is that printOn: ought to generically 
handle/capture
its own errors and go for truncated/safe output in that case. It's not clear 
yet how
to perform this in a reasonable way.

Original comment by BrianTRice on 25 Nov 2009 at 7:31

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
We're fixing a related issue today in printing by changing #printString to 
handle
errors. This will help with debugger frames which fail printing things. We will 
also
patch printOn: to handle SmallInteger specifically. 

The class of errors (infinite recursion) between the print functions and entry 
into
the debugger still needs to be addressed but is fairly low priority since most 
of the
examples are contrived.

Original comment by google@timmy.tmbx.com on 25 Nov 2009 at 8:08

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Calls to #printOn: by the REPL and Debugger are also patched now, so for most 
cases
this is fixed now.

Original comment by BrianTRice on 30 Nov 2009 at 7:36