Hi Stef,

Thanks for the support.

I don't know if there is a way to do that for FFI except if you
somehow modify the methods during execution to include the arguments
in the method itself instead of relying on the source code for
reflection.

What would help in the meantime is to have a VM that is headless all
the time (something like a forced --headless parameter), otherwise it
is really easy for somebody to remove the --headless parameter and
fire your image and navigate your code with all the power a Smalltalk
IDE provides.

Is there a way to compile a VM with such an option? (basically a
HeadlessPharoConsole.exe).

Regards!

Esteban A. Maringolo

On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 2:46 AM St��phane Ducasse
<stephane.ducasse@inria.fr> wrote:

Hi

I���m really interested in this.
Because we should be able to ship without the sources.
FFI needs the source at some point but I guess that this is the first time
and that the information could be stored in the compiledMethod.
But I do not remember.

Now may be esteban or pablo can give you some hints
but frankly we are super super super busy
but if you have a way and that Pharo should be changed to support this scenario let
us know we will support you.

S

On 29 Aug 2020, at 04:49, Esteban Maringolo <emaringolo@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

Is there a way to get rid the .sources file in a deployment scenario?

I followed this guide [1], but I cannot get rid of the .sources files,
because I'm using PharoADO (which uses PharoCOM) and it uses some
reflection for FFI and for some reason that implies using the .sources
file. I installed the FFICompilerPlugin as per the instructions, but I
don't have a way to tell whether I did in the right place/moment, nor
how to assess its proper installation.

If such [2] .sources file cannot be removed, what is the criteria for
the lookup, can it be renamed or modified via some parameter/config?

Thanks!

[1] https://github.com/pharo-open-documentation/pharo-wiki/blob/master/General/DeployYourPharoApplication.md#sources-obfuscation
[2] Pharo8.0-32bit-0932da8.sources in my case


Esteban A. Maringolo


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