If you code something else in parallel you may have problem with the
source sanity.
I do not think that this element is thread safe and it would be I think
that it would block one
of the possible several threads that would be wanting to get compiled.
Stef
Le 2/10/16 à 14:15, Peter Uhnak a écrit :
Hi,
can anyone think of some inherent danger to performing code compilation on
background?
E.g.
[
cls := Object subclass: #Something.
cls addInstVarNamed: #myVar.
cls addInstVarNamed: #myVar2.
cls addInstVarNamed: #myVar3.
cls compile: 'method'.
cls compile: 'myVar
^ myVar'.
cls compile: 'myVar3
^ myVar3'.
cls removeInstVarNamed: #myVar3.
] fork.
Parallel operations on the same class are not an issue for me, but I don't know
if this can lead to some eventual corruption (because Pharo assumes that e.g.
changes file is locked etc.).
Or e.g. installing new project/package on the background while I countinue
doing my work (=writing code).
Thanks,
Peter
