Nope not a bug... (I wouldn't call it a feature though :)) The primitives for handling files are horribly designed and very slow for a directory with many files. Most probably the FileBrowser will continue working as usual after a longer period of calculating the files... This is going to be improved in the next major version of pharo.
cami On 2012-04-18, at 22:04, [email protected] wrote: > Hi, > > I've just downloaded the latest Pharo 1.4 image and separate CogVM from the > pharo download page. When I use the File Browser and attempt to select/enter > a directory containing many files the image freezes up and I can't get it to > respond. The interrupt "CMD-." does work and brings up: > > UnixStore(DiskStore) > > directoryAt: aPath ifAbsent: absentBlock nodesDo: aBlock > | encodedPathString index entry pathString | > index := 1. > pathString := self stringFromPath: aPath. > encodedPathString := Primitives encode: pathString. > entry := Primitives lookupEntryIn: encodedPathString index: index. > entry = #badDirectoryPath > ifTrue: [ ^ absentBlock value ]. > [ entry isNil ] > whileFalse: [ > entry at: 1 put: (Primitives decode: entry first). > aBlock value: entry. > index := index + 1. > entry := Primitives lookupEntryIn: encodedPathString > index: index ]. > ^ self > > Presumably it's a bug ? This is on OSX 10.7.3. > > Thanks
