Hello!
I've tried before successlessly to compile the Self VM. Now I
completely reinstalled MacOS, it's a fresh 10.4.7 and a fresh xcode,
everything installed is either from the installation CD or from Self.
Aless, the error message hasn't changed, it's exactly this:
Self VM fatal error (/Users/nikoschwarz/self/vm/mac_osx/
vm_project/../../src/any/lookup/sendDesc.cpp, line 457):
first_sendDesc() has wrong lookup type
The debugger shows more closely what's going wrong, it's this piece
of code (sendDesc.cpp:446):
// Test the size of the assembler generated sendDesc in
// EnterSelf (<machine>.runtime.s). Lars July 92
void sendDesc::init() {
# if HOST_ARCH == PPC_ARCH && TARGET_ARCH == I386_ARCH
if (true) return; // just testing asm
# endif
sendDesc* f = sendDesc::first_sendDesc();
// cannot do this test on sparc, it has a register-call which does
not read as a call
// if (!isCall((int32*)f->jump_addr_addr()))
// fatal("first_sendDesc() does not have a call");
if (f->raw_lookupType() != StaticNormalLookupType)
fatal("first_sendDesc() has wrong lookup type");
it's the last line that creates the error, and of course you wouldn't
call this a bug, you'd rather want to make sure that first_sendDesc()
behaves like it should.
Unfortunately I have no idea why it misbehaves and I'm clueless how
to find out. I'd be grateful for advice.
Niko Schwarz
