2015-11-17 14:37 GMT-03:00 Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda@gmail.com>:
> Hi Esteban,
>
> I think EyeInspector needs to handle classes that don't inherit from
> Object specially. Instead of asking the instance it should ask the class.
> You should be able to use the Context methods for mirror primitives to
> extract state without sending messages to the instance. Then the special
> version of EyeInspector for ProtoObject subclasses can ask this like

Yes, an special inspector for ProtoObject subclasses would be required, but I couldn't find one already suited for this purpose.

> (thisContext objectClass: object) isIndexable ifTrue:
> [size := thisContext objectSize: object]

I don't know if your code was meant to be accurate or just a guideline of how this could be implemented, but Context doesn't implement #objectClass: nor #objectSize:

> Basically both the Inspector and the Debugger's execution simulation
> machinery need to treat encapsulators such as MessageArchiver with kid
> gloves. One *must not* cause inspecting or debugging to send messages
> through the encapsulator. Instead, all access to the object should be
> through primitives that don't send messages to the objects.

I know that dealing with Proxies and similar objects is tricky, I had to deal with my own subclasses of ProtoObject in Dolphin, but there the class implemented all that was needed to interact with the environment tools.

Hiwever, to me all this is a kind of black magic, I read the blue book years ago and can understand it, but I do understand it as I understand the mechanics of my car, however when it breaks down I take it to the specialist :)

Esteban A. Maringolo