On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 12:23 AM, ncalexan <ncalexander@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello all,

Long-time reader, first-time poster.

Hi and welcome :)
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�Is FFI fully supported on Pharo? �I
installed into the 1.3 OneClick using

Gofer new
� �squeaksource: 'MetacelloRepository';
� �package: 'ConfigurationOfFFI';
� �load.

ConfigurationOfFFI load.

All seems fine but

ExternalAddress gcallocate: 128

fails in ExternalAddress>>shallowCopy, complaining that clone is not
understood.

Bug? �Not supported? �Misused?

Indeed, it looks like a bug at least for pharo (where #clone was removed)

ExternalAddress >> shallowCopy
�� "Re-implemented to avoid superclass call to #new:"
�� ^self clone

But now sure what to replace it with. The method #clone used to be just the call to primitive 148, which is the same as shallowCopy. So I don't understand why we need to reimplement shallowCopy in ExternalAddress.
�� "Re-implemented to avoid superclass call to #new:"�� since shallowCopy is a primitive, it would only send a message (like #new:) only if the primitive fails.� So..I am lost.

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Best,
Nick Alexander

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