Problem with InstructionPrinter?

Hi All,

InstructionPrinter printInstructionsOn: doesnt print anything for variable accessor methods.
Is this correct and expected?

I have a class with an instance variable called 'first' and I have a method called 'first'
which simply answers the instance variable.

first
^ first

When I dump the bytecode for this I get nothing.

However, when I add the following to the method the result is as expect, ie:
the instance variable is answered.

first
  |x|
  x := 1.
  ^ first

13 <76> pushConstant: 1
14 <68> popIntoTemp: 0
15 <00> pushRcvr: 0
16 <7C> returnTop

Why is there no bytecode for the simpler case?

Rgs, James.

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On Tue, 3 Aug 2010, James Ladd wrote:

Because there are special primitives for that. Try this:

String streamContents: [ :stream |
  (YourClass >> #first) longPrintOn: stream indent: 0 ].


Levente


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> Rgs, James.
>

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Is that example the recommended way to see a dump of the bytecodes for a method?
 
> Because there are special primitives for that. Try this:
>
> String streamContents: [ :stream |
> (YourClass >> #first) longPrintOn: stream indent: 0 ].
>
>
> Levente


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On Tue, 3 Aug 2010, James Ladd wrote:

>
> Is that example the recommended way to see a dump of the bytecodes for a method?

Yes, but you can also explore the CompiledMethod to see it in a structured
form.


Levente

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