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Pharo4 Plans and Dreams Marcus Denker http://rmod.lille.inria.fr
A bit early… • We are hard working to get Pharo3 out • Not much yet happened with planning Pharo4
1 Year
March 2014-December 2014 9 Months +Time for Bug fixing
This is not a lot!
So not too many dreams…
It needs to be doable
Ideas • Slots • GIT • Reflectivity • Athens • One-File Pharo • Bootstrap • Tools • Sista
Bootstrap • Create an image from a git repository • Control what the image contains • Easier to make changes • Enfor...
Boostrap • Working for Pharo3 as a prototype ! • Can we even use this for Pharo4 on the build server?
One File Pharo • .sources, .changes. .image ! • It is time to simplify that!
Epicea • Replace .changes • High level model: • aggregate changes (refactoring) • serialized to disk independent of ...
Step2: Sources • It is 2014: Memory is cheap. • Complexity is expensive • Why not just put the sources in the image? ...
Slots • First class Instance Variables • Already in Pharo3, but compatible (ivar Slot) • For Pharo4: Provide differen...
Property Slots Object subclass: #PropertyObject layout: PointerLayout slots: { field => Slot property1 => PropertySlot. pro...
Others • BitSlot • BooleanSlot • Alias • Relationships (e.g. one-one, one-many) • …. Your Domain level Slot!
More in Paper from OOPSLA
Reflectivity • Partial Behavioral Reflection • Associate MetaObject with structural object • e.g. Slots • AST nodes
Can we modify the behaviour of code? > Annotate the AST with meta-links Method Meta Link
Why? • Change behaviour for selected AST Nodes • “All assignments” • “this message send” But without changing the pro...
Behavioral Reflection meta-object links activation condition source code (AST) © Marcus Denker
Uses… • Debugger • BreakPoints, WatchPoints • Profilers • Coverage Analysis • AOP
… And Beyond • Every year one Release • Research happens in Parallel • Lots of Interesting Stuff • Sadly another tal...
Questions ?
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Talk from Fosdem 2014

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Pharo4: Plans and Dreams

  1. 1. Pharo4 Plans and Dreams Marcus Denker http://rmod.lille.inria.fr
  2. 2. A bit early… • We are hard working to get Pharo3 out • Not much yet happened with planning Pharo4
  3. 3. 1 Year
  4. 4. March 2014-December 2014 9 Months +Time for Bug fixing
  5. 5. This is not a lot!
  6. 6. So not too many dreams…
  7. 7. It needs to be doable
  8. 8. Ideas • Slots • GIT • Reflectivity • Athens • One-File Pharo • Bootstrap • Tools • Sista
  9. 9. Bootstrap • Create an image from a git repository • Control what the image contains • Easier to make changes • Enforces Modularity
  10. 10. Boostrap • Working for Pharo3 as a prototype ! • Can we even use this for Pharo4 on the build server?
  11. 11. One File Pharo • .sources, .changes. .image ! • It is time to simplify that!
  12. 12. Epicea • Replace .changes • High level model: • aggregate changes (refactoring) • serialized to disk independent of source model
  13. 13. Step2: Sources • It is 2014: Memory is cheap. • Complexity is expensive • Why not just put the sources in the image? • Just current version (compressed, of course) • Code history is in Monticello (or Git)
  14. 14. Slots • First class Instance Variables • Already in Pharo3, but compatible (ivar Slot) • For Pharo4: Provide different Slot kinds
  15. 15. Property Slots Object subclass: #PropertyObject layout: PointerLayout slots: { field => Slot property1 => PropertySlot. property2 => PropertySlot. ... propertyN => PropertySlot. }
  16. 16. Others • BitSlot • BooleanSlot • Alias • Relationships (e.g. one-one, one-many) • …. Your Domain level Slot!
  17. 17. More in Paper from OOPSLA
  18. 18. Reflectivity • Partial Behavioral Reflection • Associate MetaObject with structural object • e.g. Slots • AST nodes
  19. 19. Can we modify the behaviour of code? > Annotate the AST with meta-links Method Meta Link
  20. 20. Why? • Change behaviour for selected AST Nodes • “All assignments” • “this message send” But without changing the program code!
  21. 21. Behavioral Reflection meta-object links activation condition source code (AST) © Marcus Denker
  22. 22. Uses… • Debugger • BreakPoints, WatchPoints • Profilers • Coverage Analysis • AOP
  23. 23. … And Beyond • Every year one Release • Research happens in Parallel • Lots of Interesting Stuff • Sadly another talk
  24. 24. Questions ?

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