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Andy Wingo 4898959901 Implement class redefinition on top of fixed structs
* libguile/struct.h: Steal another flag for GOOPS.
* libguile/goops.h (SCM_VTABLE_FLAG_GOOPS_INDIRECT)
  (SCM_VTABLE_FLAG_GOOPS_NEEDS_MIGRATION): New flags.
  (SCM_CLASSF_GOOPS_VALID, SCM_CLASSF_GOOPS_OR_VALID): Remove obsolete
  definitions.
  (SCM_IS_A_P): Use the scm_class_of function.
* libguile/goops.c (var_class_of_obsolete_indirect_instance): Rename
  from var_migrate_instance.
  (scm_is_generic, scm_is_method, scm_sys_init_layout_x): Use
  scm_class_of instead of the SCM_CLASS_OF macro.
  (get_indirect_slots): New helper.
  (scm_class_of): This patch moves us in a direction where we won't be
  able to separately address a struct's data and its identity.
  Therefore to check whether a class needs migration, we check an
  embedded pointer from a slot instead of the vtable data.
  (scm_sys_struct_data): Remove this temporary function.
  (scm_sys_modify_instance): Update to swap slot values instead of the
  data pointers themselves.
  (scm_sys_modify_class): Use scm_sys_modify_instance.
  (scm_sys_goops_loaded): Capture class-of-obsolete-indirect-instance
  instead of migrate-instance.
  (scm_init_goops_builtins): Don't export the "valid" flag any more;
  export instead the "indirect" and "needs-migration" flags.
* libguile/foreign-object.c (scm_assert_foreign_object_type): Add a
  FIXME.
* libguile/vm-engine.c (class-of): Take away fast path for the time
  being.
* module/oop/goops.scm (class-has-indirect-instances?)
  (indirect-slots-need-migration?): New helpers.
  (<class>, <slot>, %class-slot-definition, initialize): Remove use of
  vtable-flag-goops-valid.
  (define-class): Always push redefined values through
  `class-redefinition'.
  (<redefinable-class>): New public definition.  Use it as a metaclass
  for redefinable classes.  Provide a compute-slots function that
  declares the indirect slots mechanism.  Add the "indirect" flag to
  instances of <redefinable-class>.  Create indirect-slots objects for
  instances of those classes as part of their allocate-instance.
  (change-object-class, class-of-obsolete-indirect-instance): Update for
  new representation change.
* test-suite/tests/goops.test ("object update"): Add #:metaclass
  <redefinable-class> to all redefinable classes.  For the "hell" test,
  make the new classes with class-direct-slots, not class-slots; this
  was an error in the test.
2017-09-14 09:44:30 +02:00
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lalr remove duplicate when/unless definitions 2012-01-20 21:16:50 +01:00
standalone On Hurd, skip tests that require working setrlimits for memory 2017-05-16 21:44:04 +02:00
test-suite iprin1 uses scm_c_put_string 2016-05-30 15:07:23 +02:00
tests Implement class redefinition on top of fixed structs 2017-09-14 09:44:30 +02:00
vm Rename "RTL" to "bytecode" 2013-12-02 21:31:47 +01:00
ChangeLog-2008 Rename ChangeLog' files to ChangeLog-2008'. 2008-09-12 21:49:58 +02:00
guile-test Minor expansion of guile-test comments 2017-03-01 10:40:52 +01:00
Makefile.am Add sandboxed evaluation facility 2017-04-18 21:27:45 +02:00
README Revert "Note need for subscription to bug-guile@gnu.org." 2008-12-10 19:07:14 +00:00

This directory contains some tests for Guile, and some generic test
support code.

To run these tests, you will need a version of Guile more recent than
15 Feb 1999 --- the tests use the (ice-9 and-let*) and (ice-9
getopt-long) modules, which were added to Guile around then.

For information about how to run the test suite, read the usage
instructions in the comments at the top of the guile-test script.

You can reference the file `lib.scm' from your own code as the module
(test-suite lib); it also has comments at the top and before each
function explaining what's going on.

Please write more Guile tests, and send them to bug-guile@gnu.org.
We'll merge them into the distribution.  All test suites must be
licensed for our use under the GPL, but I don't think I'm going to
collect assignment papers for them.



Some test suite philosophy:

GDB has an extensive test suite --- around 6300 tests.  Every time the
test suite catches a bug, it's great.

GDB is so complicated that folks are often unable to get a solid
understanding of the code before making a change --- we just don't
have time.  You'll see people say things like, "Here's a fix for X; it
doesn't cause any regressions."  The subtext is, I made a change that
looks reasonable, and the test suite didn't complain, so it must be
okay.

I think this is terrible, because it suggests that the writer is using
the test suite as a substitute for having a rock-solid explanation of
why their changes are correct.  The problem is that any test suite is
woefully incomplete.  Diligent reasoning about code can catch corner
conditions or limitations that no test suite will ever find.



Jim's rule for test suites:

Every test suite failure should be a complete, mysterious surprise,
never a possibility you were prepared for.  Any other attitude
indicates that you're using the test suite as a crutch, which you need
only because your understanding is weak.