Re: I got "Invalid BOSS file" when I try Polycephaly

>
> Did you get this [Error] [candle_jan10.4] [Preview package Polycephaly]?
> I reported it more than a week ago but nothing appears on the VW-DEV  
> list?
>
> On 2010-02-02 11:16, Björn Eiderbäck wrote:
>> I tried
>> [ :vm | [ vm do: '3 + 4' ] ensure: [ vm release ] ] value:  
>> VirtualMachine new
>>
>> and got "Invalid BOSS file" in a vanilla visual.im with Polycephaly  
>> loaded.
>> I am running Windows Vista.
>>
>> Stack dump below.
>>
>> /Björn
>>
>> Unhandled exception: Invalid BOSS file
>> BinaryObjectStorage(AbstractBinaryObjectStorage)>>checkHeader
>> BinaryObjectStorage class>>onOldNoScan:
>> Polycephaly.Pipe class>>newInputStream:
>> optimized [] in [] in [] in  
>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>> BlockClosure>>ensure:
>> optimized [] in [] in Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>> BlockClosure>>cull:cull:
>> optimized [] in ExternalProcess>>execute:arguments:do:errorStreamDo:
>> BlockClosure>>ensure:
>> WinProcess(ExternalProcess)>>execute:arguments:do:errorStreamDo:
>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>execute:errorStreamDo:
>> optimized [] in Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>> BlockClosure>>on:do:
>> optimized [] in Process class>>forBlock:priority:
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> BinaryObjectStorage(AbstractBinaryObjectStorage)>>checkHeader
>> Receiver:
>>     a BinaryObjectStorage
>> Instance Variables:
>>     stream = a StandardIOStream
>>     platformDescription = a ByteArray[0]
>>     initialPosition = 0
>>     readerClass = BOSSReader
>>     writerClass = BOSSWriter
>>     sourceMode = #keep
>>     readerMap = a List[2]
>>     writerMap = nil
>>     nextIndex = 12
>>     registry = an OrderedCollection[2]
>>     versionReaders = nil
>>     classVarLists = an IdentityDictionary[0]
>>     expectCycles = false
>>     mapXeroxToUnicode = nil
>> Temporaries:
>>     format = nil
>>     char = nil
>>     i = 1
>> Context PC = 33
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> BinaryObjectStorage class>>onOldNoScan:
>> Receiver:
>>     a BinaryObjectStorage class
>> Instance Variables:
>>     superclass = AbstractBinaryObjectStorage
>>     methodDict = a MethodDictionary[6]
>>     format = 16398
>>     subclasses = nil
>>     instanceVariables = an Array[0]
>>     organization = ('private - accessing' #addTagBitsTo:  
>> #bytesPerLongOop #defaultReaderClass #defaultWriterClass  
>> #removeTagBitsFrom: #tagBitsFrom:)
>>
>>     name = #BinaryObjectStorage
>>     classPool = a NameSpaceOfClass[3]
>>     environment = a NameSpace[256]
>> Arguments:
>>     aStream = a StandardIOStream
>> Temporaries:
>>     answer = a BinaryObjectStorage
>> Context PC = 11
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Polycephaly.Pipe class>>newInputStream:
>> Receiver:
>>     a Polycephaly.Pipe class
>> Instance Variables:
>>     superclass = Object
>>     methodDict = a MethodDictionary[10]
>>     format = 16388
>>     subclasses = nil
>>     instanceVariables = an Array[4]
>>     organization = ('api' #atEnd #readWhile: #writeWhile:)
>> ('accessing' #bytes #bytes: #connection #connection: #objects #objects:)
>> ('initialize-release' #initialize)
>>
>>     name = #Pipe
>>     classPool = a NameSpaceOfClass[0]
>>     environment = a NameSpace[9]
>> Arguments:
>>     stream = a StandardIOStream
>> Context PC = 17
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> optimized [] in [] in [] in  
>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>> Receiver:
>>     an UndefinedObject
>> Temporaries:
>>     .out = a StandardIOStream
>>     .self = a Polycephaly.VirtualMachine
>>     .in = a StandardIOStream
>> Context PC = 11
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> BlockClosure>>ensure:
>> Receiver:
>>     a BlockClosure
>> Instance Variables:
>>     method = CompiledBlock [] in [] in [] in  
>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>     outerContext = nil
>>     copiedValues = an Array[3]
>> Arguments:
>>     aBlock = BlockClosure [] in [] in [] in  
>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>> Temporaries:
>>     result = nil
>> Context PC = 4
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> optimized [] in [] in Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>> Receiver:
>>     an UndefinedObject
>> Arguments:
>>     in = a StandardIOStream
>>     out = a StandardIOStream
>> Temporaries:
>>     .self = a Polycephaly.VirtualMachine
>>     .readySemaphore = a Semaphore[1]
>> Context PC = 15
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> BlockClosure>>cull:cull:
>> Receiver:
>>     a BlockClosure
>> Instance Variables:
>>     method = CompiledBlock [] in [] in  
>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>     outerContext = nil
>>     copiedValues = an Array[2]
>> Arguments:
>>     anObject = a StandardIOStream
>>     bObject = a StandardIOStream
>> Context PC = 17
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> optimized [] in ExternalProcess>>execute:arguments:do:errorStreamDo:
>> Receiver:
>>     an UndefinedObject
>> Temporaries:
>>     .aBlock = BlockClosure [] in [] in  
>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>     .self = a WinProcess PID: 7952
>> Context PC = 9
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> BlockClosure>>ensure:
>> Receiver:
>>     a BlockClosure
>> Instance Variables:
>>     method = CompiledBlock [] in  
>> ExternalProcess>>execute:arguments:do:errorStreamDo:
>>     outerContext = nil
>>     copiedValues = an Array[2]
>> Arguments:
>>     aBlock = BlockClosure [] in  
>> ExternalProcess>>execute:arguments:do:errorStreamDo:
>> Temporaries:
>>     result = nil
>> Context PC = 4
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> WinProcess(ExternalProcess)>>execute:arguments:do:errorStreamDo:
>> Receiver:
>>     a WinProcess
>> Instance Variables:
>>     errorCode = nil
>>     handle = a CCompositePointer {02424060} (struct PROCESS_INFORMATION  
>> * )
>>     exitStatus = a CPointer {001F3A10} (unsigned long * )
>>     inputPipe = an Array[2]
>>     outputPipe = an Array[2]
>>     errorPipe = an Array[2]
>>     lineEndConvention = 1
>>     encoding = #binary
>>     writeStream = a StandardIOStream
>>     readStream = a StandardIOStream
>>     errorStream = a StandardIOStream
>>     system = a Win32SystemSupport
>>     buffer = a CPointer {02423230} (char * )
>> Arguments:
>>     command = 'c:\Program Files\Cincom\vw7.8\bin\win\vwnt.exe'
>>     arguments = an Array[4]
>>     aBlock = BlockClosure [] in [] in  
>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>     errorBlock = BlockClosure [] in [] in  
>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>> Temporaries:
>>     errorProcessFinished = a Semaphore[0]
>>     errorProcess = a Process in  
>> Win32SystemSupport>>ReadFile:lpBuffer:nNumberOfBytesToRead:lpNumberOfBytesRead:lpOverlapped:  
>> Context PC = 82
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>execute:errorStreamDo:
>> Receiver:
>>     a Polycephaly.VirtualMachine
>> Instance Variables:
>>     listener = a Process in Process>>resume
>>     processes = a Dictionary[0]
>>     input = nil
>>     output = a Polycephaly.Pipe
>>     transcript = a TextCollector on: Text for '
>> visual.im created at January 29, 2010 1:46:35 PM
>> Autoloading Polycephaly from  
>> $(VISUALWORKS)\preview\polycephaly\Polycephaly.pcl
>> Autoloading BOSS from $(VISUALWORKS)\parcels\BOSS.pcl
>> Extended class Lens.LensCommandVariable does not exist; extensions will  
>> be installed when the class is loaded.
>> Extended class Lens.LensRegistry does not exist; extensions will be  
>> installed when the class is loaded.
>> Extended class Tools.ExternalInterfaceFinder does not exist; extensions  
>> will be installed when the class is loaded.
>> Extended class External.CScanner class does not exist; extensions will  
>> be installed when the class is loaded.
>> Extended class Tools.ExternalInterfaceFinder class does not exist;  
>> extensions will be installed when the class is loaded.
>> Extended class Lens does not exist; extensions will be installed when  
>> the class is loaded.
>> Autoloading SUnitToo from  
>> $(VISUALWORKS)\contributed\SUnitToo.pclSUnitToo suggests SUnitToo(ls)
>> '
>>     error = nil
>> Arguments:
>>     doBlock = BlockClosure [] in [] in  
>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>     errorBlock = BlockClosure [] in [] in  
>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>> Context PC = 17
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> optimized [] in Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>> Receiver:
>>     an UndefinedObject
>> Temporaries:
>>     .self = a Polycephaly.VirtualMachine
>>     .readySemaphore = a Semaphore[1]
>> Context PC = 16
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> BlockClosure>>on:do:
>> Receiver:
>>     a BlockClosure
>> Instance Variables:
>>     method = CompiledBlock [] in  
>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>     outerContext = nil
>>     copiedValues = an Array[2]
>> Arguments:
>>     anExceptionSelector = TerminateException
>>     handlerBlock = BlockClosure [] in [] in Process  
>> class>>forBlock:priority:
>> Context PC = 18
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> optimized [] in Process class>>forBlock:priority:
>> Receiver:
>>     an UndefinedObject
>> Temporaries:
>>     .aBlock = BlockClosure [] in  
>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>> Context PC = 9
>>

> Hi,
>
> I've attempt to use the Polycephaly package in VW 7.7 (on Vista) as
> well and got the same error. Is there any solution suggested yet?
>
> THX, Steffen
>
>
>
> Am 09.02.2010, 10:50 Uhr, schrieb Björn Eiderbäck
> <[hidden email]>:
>
>>
>> Did you get this [Error] [candle_jan10.4] [Preview package Polycephaly]?
>> I reported it more than a week ago but nothing appears on the VW-DEV
>> list?
>>
>> On 2010-02-02 11:16, Björn Eiderbäck wrote:
>>> I tried
>>> [ :vm | [ vm do: '3 + 4' ] ensure: [ vm release ] ] value:
>>> VirtualMachine new
>>>
>>> and got "Invalid BOSS file" in a vanilla visual.im with Polycephaly
>>> loaded.
>>> I am running Windows Vista.
>>>
>>> Stack dump below.
>>>
>>> /Björn
>>>
>>> Unhandled exception: Invalid BOSS file
>>> BinaryObjectStorage(AbstractBinaryObjectStorage)>>checkHeader
>>> BinaryObjectStorage class>>onOldNoScan:
>>> Polycephaly.Pipe class>>newInputStream:
>>> optimized [] in [] in [] in
>>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>> BlockClosure>>ensure:
>>> optimized [] in [] in Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>> BlockClosure>>cull:cull:
>>> optimized [] in ExternalProcess>>execute:arguments:do:errorStreamDo:
>>> BlockClosure>>ensure:
>>> WinProcess(ExternalProcess)>>execute:arguments:do:errorStreamDo:
>>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>execute:errorStreamDo:
>>> optimized [] in Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>> BlockClosure>>on:do:
>>> optimized [] in Process class>>forBlock:priority:
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> BinaryObjectStorage(AbstractBinaryObjectStorage)>>checkHeader
>>> Receiver:
>>>     a BinaryObjectStorage
>>> Instance Variables:
>>>     stream = a StandardIOStream
>>>     platformDescription = a ByteArray[0]
>>>     initialPosition = 0
>>>     readerClass = BOSSReader
>>>     writerClass = BOSSWriter
>>>     sourceMode = #keep
>>>     readerMap = a List[2]
>>>     writerMap = nil
>>>     nextIndex = 12
>>>     registry = an OrderedCollection[2]
>>>     versionReaders = nil
>>>     classVarLists = an IdentityDictionary[0]
>>>     expectCycles = false
>>>     mapXeroxToUnicode = nil
>>> Temporaries:
>>>     format = nil
>>>     char = nil
>>>     i = 1
>>> Context PC = 33
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> BinaryObjectStorage class>>onOldNoScan:
>>> Receiver:
>>>     a BinaryObjectStorage class
>>> Instance Variables:
>>>     superclass = AbstractBinaryObjectStorage
>>>     methodDict = a MethodDictionary[6]
>>>     format = 16398
>>>     subclasses = nil
>>>     instanceVariables = an Array[0]
>>>     organization = ('private - accessing' #addTagBitsTo:
>>> #bytesPerLongOop #defaultReaderClass #defaultWriterClass
>>> #removeTagBitsFrom: #tagBitsFrom:)
>>>
>>>     name = #BinaryObjectStorage
>>>     classPool = a NameSpaceOfClass[3]
>>>     environment = a NameSpace[256]
>>> Arguments:
>>>     aStream = a StandardIOStream
>>> Temporaries:
>>>     answer = a BinaryObjectStorage
>>> Context PC = 11
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Polycephaly.Pipe class>>newInputStream:
>>> Receiver:
>>>     a Polycephaly.Pipe class
>>> Instance Variables:
>>>     superclass = Object
>>>     methodDict = a MethodDictionary[10]
>>>     format = 16388
>>>     subclasses = nil
>>>     instanceVariables = an Array[4]
>>>     organization = ('api' #atEnd #readWhile: #writeWhile:)
>>> ('accessing' #bytes #bytes: #connection #connection: #objects
>>> #objects:)
>>> ('initialize-release' #initialize)
>>>
>>>     name = #Pipe
>>>     classPool = a NameSpaceOfClass[0]
>>>     environment = a NameSpace[9]
>>> Arguments:
>>>     stream = a StandardIOStream
>>> Context PC = 17
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> optimized [] in [] in [] in
>>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>> Receiver:
>>>     an UndefinedObject
>>> Temporaries:
>>>     .out = a StandardIOStream
>>>     .self = a Polycephaly.VirtualMachine
>>>     .in = a StandardIOStream
>>> Context PC = 11
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> BlockClosure>>ensure:
>>> Receiver:
>>>     a BlockClosure
>>> Instance Variables:
>>>     method = CompiledBlock [] in [] in [] in
>>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>>     outerContext = nil
>>>     copiedValues = an Array[3]
>>> Arguments:
>>>     aBlock = BlockClosure [] in [] in [] in
>>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>> Temporaries:
>>>     result = nil
>>> Context PC = 4
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> optimized [] in [] in Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>> Receiver:
>>>     an UndefinedObject
>>> Arguments:
>>>     in = a StandardIOStream
>>>     out = a StandardIOStream
>>> Temporaries:
>>>     .self = a Polycephaly.VirtualMachine
>>>     .readySemaphore = a Semaphore[1]
>>> Context PC = 15
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> BlockClosure>>cull:cull:
>>> Receiver:
>>>     a BlockClosure
>>> Instance Variables:
>>>     method = CompiledBlock [] in [] in
>>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>>     outerContext = nil
>>>     copiedValues = an Array[2]
>>> Arguments:
>>>     anObject = a StandardIOStream
>>>     bObject = a StandardIOStream
>>> Context PC = 17
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> optimized [] in ExternalProcess>>execute:arguments:do:errorStreamDo:
>>> Receiver:
>>>     an UndefinedObject
>>> Temporaries:
>>>     .aBlock = BlockClosure [] in [] in
>>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>>     .self = a WinProcess PID: 7952
>>> Context PC = 9
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> BlockClosure>>ensure:
>>> Receiver:
>>>     a BlockClosure
>>> Instance Variables:
>>>     method = CompiledBlock [] in
>>> ExternalProcess>>execute:arguments:do:errorStreamDo:
>>>     outerContext = nil
>>>     copiedValues = an Array[2]
>>> Arguments:
>>>     aBlock = BlockClosure [] in
>>> ExternalProcess>>execute:arguments:do:errorStreamDo:
>>> Temporaries:
>>>     result = nil
>>> Context PC = 4
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> WinProcess(ExternalProcess)>>execute:arguments:do:errorStreamDo:
>>> Receiver:
>>>     a WinProcess
>>> Instance Variables:
>>>     errorCode = nil
>>>     handle = a CCompositePointer {02424060} (struct
>>> PROCESS_INFORMATION * )
>>>     exitStatus = a CPointer {001F3A10} (unsigned long * )
>>>     inputPipe = an Array[2]
>>>     outputPipe = an Array[2]
>>>     errorPipe = an Array[2]
>>>     lineEndConvention = 1
>>>     encoding = #binary
>>>     writeStream = a StandardIOStream
>>>     readStream = a StandardIOStream
>>>     errorStream = a StandardIOStream
>>>     system = a Win32SystemSupport
>>>     buffer = a CPointer {02423230} (char * )
>>> Arguments:
>>>     command = 'c:\Program Files\Cincom\vw7.8\bin\win\vwnt.exe'
>>>     arguments = an Array[4]
>>>     aBlock = BlockClosure [] in [] in
>>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>>     errorBlock = BlockClosure [] in [] in
>>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>> Temporaries:
>>>     errorProcessFinished = a Semaphore[0]
>>>     errorProcess = a Process in
>>> Win32SystemSupport>>ReadFile:lpBuffer:nNumberOfBytesToRead:lpNumberOfBytesRead:lpOverlapped:
>>> Context PC = 82
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>execute:errorStreamDo:
>>> Receiver:
>>>     a Polycephaly.VirtualMachine
>>> Instance Variables:
>>>     listener = a Process in Process>>resume
>>>     processes = a Dictionary[0]
>>>     input = nil
>>>     output = a Polycephaly.Pipe
>>>     transcript = a TextCollector on: Text for '
>>> visual.im created at January 29, 2010 1:46:35 PM
>>> Autoloading Polycephaly from
>>> $(VISUALWORKS)\preview\polycephaly\Polycephaly.pcl
>>> Autoloading BOSS from $(VISUALWORKS)\parcels\BOSS.pcl
>>> Extended class Lens.LensCommandVariable does not exist; extensions
>>> will be installed when the class is loaded.
>>> Extended class Lens.LensRegistry does not exist; extensions will be
>>> installed when the class is loaded.
>>> Extended class Tools.ExternalInterfaceFinder does not exist;
>>> extensions will be installed when the class is loaded.
>>> Extended class External.CScanner class does not exist; extensions
>>> will be installed when the class is loaded.
>>> Extended class Tools.ExternalInterfaceFinder class does not exist;
>>> extensions will be installed when the class is loaded.
>>> Extended class Lens does not exist; extensions will be installed
>>> when the class is loaded.
>>> Autoloading SUnitToo from
>>> $(VISUALWORKS)\contributed\SUnitToo.pclSUnitToo suggests SUnitToo(ls)
>>> '
>>>     error = nil
>>> Arguments:
>>>     doBlock = BlockClosure [] in [] in
>>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>>     errorBlock = BlockClosure [] in [] in
>>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>> Context PC = 17
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> optimized [] in Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>> Receiver:
>>>     an UndefinedObject
>>> Temporaries:
>>>     .self = a Polycephaly.VirtualMachine
>>>     .readySemaphore = a Semaphore[1]
>>> Context PC = 16
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> BlockClosure>>on:do:
>>> Receiver:
>>>     a BlockClosure
>>> Instance Variables:
>>>     method = CompiledBlock [] in
>>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>>     outerContext = nil
>>>     copiedValues = an Array[2]
>>> Arguments:
>>>     anExceptionSelector = TerminateException
>>>     handlerBlock = BlockClosure [] in [] in Process
>>> class>>forBlock:priority:
>>> Context PC = 18
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> optimized [] in Process class>>forBlock:priority:
>>> Receiver:
>>>     an UndefinedObject
>>> Temporaries:
>>>     .aBlock = BlockClosure [] in
>>> Polycephaly.VirtualMachine>>initializeListener
>>> Context PC = 9
>>>
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