On Jan 13, 2010, at 5:11 PM, Lukas Renggli wrote:
>> Can someone clarify, why WriteBarrier depends on compiler (new
>> compiler or old compiler - not really important).
>> I just wonder what compiler functionality its depends on.
>
> WriteBarrier introduces something like immutable objects at the
> language level by rewriting all state access in an anonymous subclass.
> Having a compiler at hand certainly makes things simpler.
And modifying bytecode gets even more simpler with ByteSurgeon:
http://scg.unibe.ch/research/bytesurgeon
... soon in a new release, closure enabled, using a DSL implemented with
Lukas' Helvetia: http://scg.unibe.ch/research/helvetia
Marcus
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INRIA Lille -- Nord Europe. Team RMoD.
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