If you code something else in parallel you may have problem with the
source sanity.
I do not think that this element is thread safe and it would be I think
that it would block one
of the possible several threads that would be wanting to get compiled.
Stef
Le 2/10/16 à 14:15, Peter Uhnak a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> can anyone think of some inherent danger to performing code compilation on background?
>
> E.g.
>
> [
> cls := Object subclass: #Something.
> cls addInstVarNamed: #myVar.
> cls addInstVarNamed: #myVar2.
> cls addInstVarNamed: #myVar3.
> cls compile: 'method'.
> cls compile: 'myVar
> ^ myVar'.
> cls compile: 'myVar3
> ^ myVar3'.
> cls removeInstVarNamed: #myVar3.
> ] fork.
>
> Parallel operations on the same class are not an issue for me, but I don't know if this can lead to some eventual corruption (because Pharo assumes that e.g. changes file is locked etc.).
>
> Or e.g. installing new project/package on the background while I countinue doing my work (=writing code).
>
> Thanks,
> Peter
>
>
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