Re: problems with forward invocation (gcc bug?)

[Helge Hess]

Wim Oudshoorn wrote:
> Well, I see a problem ;-) Ok, the problem is the following, as pointed
> out by Richard Frith-Macdonald.
> 
> A.  In forwarding code you NEED the return type in order to
>     retrieve the receiver from stack.
> B.  You need the receiver to correctly determine the return
>     type.

Ok, missed that we don't have the receiver without decoding the stack
which needs the receiver ;-). Problem understood: Chicken & Egg.

> Best would be if the compiler generates a typed selector
> for all method invocations, where the type describes
> the stack layout used in the call.  But things work
> pretty well without that :-)

Agreed.

Greetings
  Helge
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