There is already NativeBoost class>>#isEnabledOrNil

On 17 Jan 2014, at 23:12, Igor Stasenko <siguctua@gmail.com> wrote:

> Btw, to reduce the pain, i propose to introduce:
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> NativeBoost isAvailable
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> protocol.
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> The implementation is simple, since primitiveIsEnabled fails only if it not exists (else it returns true or false), do a following:
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> isAvailable
> �� ��^ self primIsAvailable notNil

so this could become

�� ^ self isEnabledOrNil notNil

> primIsAvailable
> �� �� "Answer flag indicating whether running a native code enabled by plugin"
> �� �� <primitive: #primitiveIsEnabled module: #NativeBoostPlugin>
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> �� �� ^ nil
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> Then you can easily implement a fallback mechanisms, if NB is not avail.

But we would still have to write the fallback code, right ;-)

> On 17 January 2014 23:07, Igor Stasenko <siguctua@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 17 January 2014 22:59, Sven Van Caekenberghe <sven@stfx.eu> wrote:
> Who is JB ?
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> Jean Baptiste Arnaud. The invaluable asset in any team :)
> The hacker who without any help configuring & compiling VM on raspberry.
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> --
> Best regards,
> Igor Stasenko.
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> --
> Best regards,
> Igor Stasenko.