On 8 December 2017 at 03:40, Stephane Ducasse <stepharo.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Ben. > I have a question. Would it make sense to have a setting to reset on > each session the registry? > Naively I'd presume it must always do this to cover: * the OS upgrading libraries * moving images between OS platforms and dropping the old platform's FFI in memory * moving images between flavours of Linux where libraries are in different locations * moving images between 64bit & 32bit VMs (or wait! I forget if thats possible?) What are the use cases where you would *not* reset the FFI registry each session? What you should know is that Guille is actively improving > (refactoring, rethinking the API of iceberg) to produce a better UI then. > We are really concerned how we can get the same confort than we got before. > We do not send all the exchanges we have on the topics > Understood. Email is a broad but narrow channel. Although if you use a whiteboard to brainstorm, a quick phone photo & summary notes to the mail list is a good way to ensure all participants are aligned as well as keep the community informed. cheers -ben > On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 5:52 PM, Ben Coman <b...@openinworld.com> wrote: > > On 8 December 2017 at 00:43, Ben Coman <b...@openinworld.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> On 7 Dec 2017, at 16:04, Steven Costiou <steven.cost...@kloum.io> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> noob question: i installed bloc and tried to run examples. > >>> > >>> It worked well on Fedora 27 but not on latest Debian 64 bits because > the path of libcairo.so.2 was wrong. > >>> > >>> So i fixed it in the code, but when trying the bloc examples again the > lib path is still wrong (in the debugger). > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Is there a way to reload the cairo lib or to reset it, so that the > path would be right and it would find the lib ? > >> > >> I've also been frustrated by this, particularly as a > supa-fresh-FFI-noob before I understood what was happening. > >> I've found it a minor annoyance but sufficient to to close and reopen > an image to reset things, > >> but being able to do it live in-Image is really nice. > >> > >> On 7 December 2017 at 23:41, Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> you need to reset FFI: > >>> > >>> FFIMethodRegistry resetAll. > >> > >> > >> That is really nice to know, but by the time I need it I will probably > have forgotten it, > >> and closing/reopening the Image will be faster than searching > forum.world.st or asking again the mail list. > >> Could we possibly have World > Tools > Reset FFI ? > >> > >> cheers -ben > > > > Added https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/20835/Add-World-Tools-Reset-FFI > > I should have a go at doing it, but I'm not sure which class is > > preferred to hang the menu pragma on, > > and also I'm still lagging for contributing to Pharo 7 (not really any > > technical issue now, but lack of time to practice the workflow) > > > > cheers -ben > > > >
