Neil Jerram <n...@ossau.uklinux.net> writes: > l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
[...] >> Eventually, maybe it could handle this gracefully. For instance, if >> said object file is from the cache, then it could just recompile and >> overwrite it with a new object file. > > Yes, this is what I'd (intuitively, but without detailed knowledge) > expect. I guess this could be achieved by setting up a dynwind/catch block in `primitive-load-path' when loading things from the cache. Something to look at once 1.9.1 is released. >> Then it could also try to interpret version numbers and determine >> whether that bytecode is really incompatible, or whether it can >> interpret it. > > Are there scenarios where that would be worthwhile? Maybe, e.g., when the `.go' version is known to be a strict subset of the current objcode version. Thanks, Ludo'.
