Andrei,
Thanks for confirming the bug.
Report is here
https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/16425/Pharo-4-0-Inspecting-a-recursive-data-structure-is-slow
--Hannes
On 8/29/15, Andrei Chis <chisvasileand...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Hannes,
>
> Can open a bug report?
> I though most recursive problems were fixed in the new inspector.
> Seems that there are still some related to printing recursive structures.
>
> You can switch to the previous inspector (GTInspector
> setGTInspectorEnabledStatus: false),
> however, this bug seem to also kill that inspector.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrei
>
> On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 7:16 AM, H. Hirzel <hannes.hir...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> I have realized that inspecting a recursive data structure is very
>> slow in Pharo 4.0
>>
>> A test case:
>>
>> | myDict |
>> myDict := Dictionary new.
>> myDict at: #hello put: 'hello'.
>> myDict at: #recurHello put: myDict.
>> myDict inspect
>>
>> It takes a long time for the inspector to come up. And the image
>> freezes later on if you continue.
>>
>> The problem is with the inspector because if I do
>> | myDict |
>> myDict := Dictionary new.
>> myDict at: #hello put: 'hello'.
>> myDict at: #recurHello put: myDict.
>> 3 + 4 inspect
>>
>> it comes up instantly.
>>
>>
>> As a comparison I attach the Cuis ** test result. The inspector comes
>> up instantly and the image does not have any problems.
>>
>>
>> What are the workarounds in Pharo 4.0?
>>
>> - Setting a time out somewhere?
>> - Disabling certain functions?
>> - Loading a simpler inspector?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Hannes
>>
>>
>> ** current build 2463.image
>> https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev
>>
>
