Hi mariano

I do not really like your solution. Implementing flushCache is not that bad in 
your class. It is not a bad compromise.
May be it should be better documented.

Stef


> When you are using Objects as methods, MethodWrappers, or whatever with 
> run:with:in, you have to implement not only  that method, but also flushCache 
> doing nothing because it is used in:
> 
> MethodDictionary >> at: put:
> 
> at: key put: value
>     "Set the value at key to be value."
>     | index |
>     index := self findElementOrNil: key.
>     (self basicAt: index) == nil
>         ifTrue: 
>             [tally := tally + 1.
>             self basicAt: index put: key]
>         ifFalse:
>             [(array at: index) flushCache].
>     array at: index put: value.
>     self fullCheck.
>     ^ value  
> 
> 
> Ok, I can implement that in my classes, and in MethodWrappers, but I think it 
> would be nicer and cleanly if you only have to implement run:with:in:  since 
> flushChache doesn't make sense for normal objects.
> 
> So, I would like to change that code to 
> 
> at: key put: value
>     "Set the value at key to be value."
>     | index |
>     index := self findElementOrNil: key.
>     (self basicAt: index) == nil
>         ifTrue: 
>             [tally := tally + 1.
>             self basicAt: index put: key]
>         ifFalse:
>             [(array at: index) isCompiledMethod ifTrue: [flushCache]].
>     array at: index put: value.
>     self fullCheck.
>     ^ value  
> 
> 
> Yes, yes, I know the if is ugly, but it gives us a cleaner way to define 
> objects as methods.
> The other option is to implement flushCache in Object doing nothing but I 
> like it less than this. 
> 
> opinions?
> 
> thanks
> 
> mariano
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