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Re: Build failure on master
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Neil Jerram |
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Re: Build failure on master |
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Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:05:39 +0100 |
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address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> Currently, the code just checks for the magic cookie (see
> `make_objcode_by_mmap ()'), and if it differs, e.g., because the version
> isn't right, it just bails out.
Thanks for confirming that.
> Eventually, maybe it could handle this gracefully. For instance, if
> said object file is from the cache, then it could just recompile and
> overwrite it with a new object file.
Yes, this is what I'd (intuitively, but without detailed knowledge)
expect.
> Then it could also try to interpret version numbers and determine
> whether that bytecode is really incompatible, or whether it can
> interpret it.
Are there scenarios where that would be worthwhile?
Regards,
Neil
Re: Build failure on master, Andy Wingo, 2009/07/23