[Cuis] Xtreams , Ometa and related

[Phil (list)]

Juan,


On Wed, 2015-05-20 at 13:11 -0300, Juan Vuletich wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> On 5/20/2015 4:37 AM, Phil (list) wrote:
> > On Wed, 2015-05-20 at 00:02 -0700, Casey Ransberger wrote:
> >> Are you arguing for restoring compiler indirection in Cuis?
> >>
> >> That's a trade off either way. But I agree having it in the core of the system would be worthwhile for language researchers.
> >>
> > I'm in favor of it but I may be in the minority on this.  If feels like
> > a trade off of extensibility in favor of minimalism.
> 
> Minimalism should be to empower us, not to impair us. Removing this was 
> a mistake.
> 
> Please try the attached. If it's ok, it will be in the next commit.
> 

This is fantastic news!  I tried the changesets against 2330 but there
still appear to be some direct calls left (around 2 dozen... filein
failed on PositionableStream #fileInAnnouncing:)  I *believe* pretty
much every reference to Compiler needs to be replaced with compilerClass
for class of the method being compiled/compiled for (i.e. the caller).

> Cheers,
> Juan Vuletich

Thanks,
Phil