The Trunk: Kernel-nice.1261.mcz

Nicolas Cellier uploaded a new version of Kernel to project The Trunk:
http://source.squeak.org/trunk/Kernel-nice.1261.mcz

==================== Summary ====================

Name: Kernel-nice.1261
Author: nice
Time: 28 August 2019, 11:00:52.985296 pm
UUID: b8758656-d1f0-49cd-976c-cbd7d772b1f3
Ancestors: Kernel-nice.1260

Oups, I forgot to fix Float negativeInfinity < 0 when arithmetic primitives are configured to refuse to convert a SmallInteger asFloat...

=============== Diff against Kernel-nice.1260 ===============

Item was changed:
  ----- Method: Number>>adaptToFloat:andCompare: (in category 'converting') -----
  adaptToFloat: rcvr andCompare: selector
        "If I am involved in comparison with a Float, convert rcvr to a
        Fraction. This way, no bit is lost and comparison is exact."

        rcvr isFinite
                ifFalse: [
                        selector == #= ifTrue: [^false].
                        selector == #~= ifTrue: [^true].
                        rcvr isNaN ifTrue: [^ false].
                        (selector = #< or: [selector = #'<='])
+                               ifTrue: [^ rcvr < 0.0].
-                               ifTrue: [^ rcvr positive not].
                        (selector = #> or: [selector = #'>='])
+                               ifTrue: [^ rcvr > 0.0].
-                               ifTrue: [^ rcvr >= 0.0].
                        ^self error: 'unknow comparison selector'].

        "Try to avoid asTrueFraction because it can cost"
        self isAnExactFloat ifTrue: [^rcvr perform: selector with: self asExactFloat].
        selector == #= ifTrue: [^false].
        selector == #~= ifTrue: [^true].
        ^ rcvr asTrueFraction perform: selector with: self!

Item was removed:
- ----- Method: Object>>perform:with:with:with:with:with: (in category 'message handling') -----
- perform: aSymbol with: firstObject with: secondObject with: thirdObject with: fourthObject with: fifthObject
-       "Send the selector, aSymbol, to the receiver with the given arguments.
-       Fail if the number of arguments expected by the selector is not four.
-       Primitive. Optional. See Object documentation whatIsAPrimitive."
-
-       <primitive: 83>
-       ^ self perform: aSymbol withArguments: { firstObject. secondObject. thirdObject. fourthObject. fifthObject }!