On 26 Sep 2014, at 20:44, Eliot Miranda <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Marcus, > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 11:29 PM, Marcus Denker <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 25 Sep 2014, at 23:02, [email protected] wrote: > > > Well, the full story is that the decompiler is now gone with Opal. > > > There is a decompiler again in Pharo4 > > > So, there were 3 in the beginning. So, of course with 2, this becomes a > > switch. > > > > Why no decompiler anymore, for the layman I am? > > > The *option* of showing decompiled code in the browser: Honestly, I do not get > why this was useful, ever. > > I can think of three reasons. > > 1. mutable literals. using the decompiler is a quick way to check if a > literal has been corrupted/modified > > 2. if you're working on the decompiler this is convenient > Yes, but all this does not mean that there need to be a button always visible for it… (and maybe GTInspector already provides the perfect tool for it? I guess it does: Decompiler can define a view for CompiledMethod, it is added as a tab, the tabs let you switch easily between code, AST, IR, CM Header and everyone else who defines an inspector view for the method) > 3. when Dan's encode temp names in trailer and decompile scheme was being > developed/used there would be no need to display sources We removed that… Marcus
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