And I will answer my own question, having found the thread on the subject [1].
short answer: "DateAndTime now" got faster ;-) Good job guys! Our test was flawed because it relied (unknowingly) on the delay in DateAndTime creation. thx! Johan [1] http://lists.pharo.org/pipermail/pharo-dev_lists.pharo.org/2013-April/077569.html On 18 Jan 2014, at 05:35, Johan Brichau <jo...@inceptive.be> wrote: > I figured it out and it's because of this: > > DateAndTime now = DateAndTime now > > is true in Pharo 3 > is false in Pharo 2.0 > is false in Pharo 1.4 > > Did Pharo3 become so fast or did the clock precision decrease? > > Johan > > On 17 Jan 2014, at 22:23, Marcus Denker <marcus.den...@inria.fr> wrote: > >> >> On 17 Jan 2014, at 18:43, Johan Brichau <jo...@inceptive.be> wrote: >> >>> Hi Marcus, >>> >>> I was hoping for that ;-) >>> An NDA will not be necessary, just that I don't need to send our code to >>> the list and your guarantee to eat the image afterwards ;-) >>> >>> Will put it on a shared Dropbox link and email you, is that fine? >>> >> ok! >> >>> Johan >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On 17 Jan 2014, at 13:37, Marcus Denker <marcus.den...@inria.fr> wrote: >>>> >>>> This could be a compiler bug… I check that with you offline of the list >>>> (and sign any NDA needed ;-) >>>> >>>> Marcus >>>> >>>>> On 17 Jan 2014, at 13:27, Johan Brichau <jo...@inceptive.be> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi there, >>>>> >>>>> In the process of porting our work to Pharo3, I encounter a bug where the >>>>> execution in the debugger works correctly but not outside of it. >>>>> It consistently occurs in a testcase of our code, across different images >>>>> running Pharo 30700 and latest stable vm om mac (26 dec) as well as an >>>>> older vm (6 sep). >>>>> >>>>> Since it's difficult to create a separate public test for this to >>>>> recreate the problem, how do we go about this? >>>>> >>>>> cheers, >>>>> Johan >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >