tests in trunk: very strange

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> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Michael Haupt <[hidden email]> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> environment: Mac VM 4.2.3beta1U. Running all tests in a fresh trunk
>> yields "2641 run, 2618 passes, 6 expected failures, 8 failures, 2
>> errors, 7 unexpected passes" (see attachment 1). So far so good, but
>> clicking on the second error (LocaleTest >> #testLocaleChanged) yields
>> attachment 2 - the test method is not even on the call stack. It
>> doesn't look right.
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>> Insights, anyone?
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> The ObsoleteMethodProperties instance will be due to some compiled method or
> process being held onto by some reference that needs reinitializing.
>  Hopefully the instance will contain a valid selector which will be a big
> clue.
> The release process should include a step that at least reinitializes all
> background processes, sorted collection blocks etc, and hence ensures that
> all compiled methods are up-to-date.
> One release test would be to compare CompiledMethod allInstances with those
> collected by traversing the class hierarchy.  The two should be the same
> set, except for perhaps the doit used to evaluate this.  e.g.
>     | installedMethods allMethods |
>     allMethods := CompiledMethod allInstances asSet.
>     installedMethods := Set new: allMethods size.
>     installedMethods add: thisContext method. "in case this is a doit"
>     Smalltalk rootsOfTheWorld do:
>         [:class|
>          class withAllSubclasses do:
>             [:behavior|
>              behavior selectorsAndMethodsDo:
>                 [:s :m| installedMethods add: m]]].
>     self assert: allMethods size = installedMethods size
> best
> Eliot
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>> Best,
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>> Michael
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> Hi Nicolas,
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> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Nicolas Cellier
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Oops, did I remove it a bit early ?
>> My images are expunged for several months of these objects...
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> remove what? :-)
> Honestly, could you please explain?
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>> Can you try (Utilities postRecompileCleanup) and tell if it fixed it ?
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> That helped indeed; thanks. I now have "2641 run, 2620 passes, 6
> expected failures, 8 failures, 0 errors, 7 unexpected passes".
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> Still not green, but better. :-)
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> Best,
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> Michael
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