Re: [Help-smalltalk] scripts, debugging & arguments

[Paolo Bonzini]

> But: how do we give that script parameters ?
> We could do Smalltalk at: #arguments put: #('foo'), followed by the file
> in, but that obvious concurrency problems. (i.e. testing two scripts in
> parallel or similar..).

You can do this by:

1) adding an arguments variable to Process (also in dict.c and interp.h!).
2) the setter is standard; the getter uses SystemDictionary>>#arguments' 
code if the variable is nil *without initializing the variable though*. 
 Also add `primArguments' doing just ^arguments.
3a) in BlockClosure>>#newProcess, initialize the arguments variable of 
the new process to `Processor activeProcess primArguments'.
3b) Do a similar thing in the VM where it creates instances of 
CallinProcess.
4) Change SystemDictionary>>#arguments to "^Processor activeProcess 
arguments".

I'll do this myself if you want.

> So, can we do something whereby scripts that check for their parameters
> can be given custom parameters as part of the fileIn:
>
> FileStream fileIn: 'foo.st' withArguments: #('foo.png')

[ Processor activeProcess arguments: #('foo.png').
  FileStream fileIn: 'foo.st' ] fork.

Paolo