Re: vm branch now uses vm repl by default

[Neil Jerram]

Hi Andy,

This is looking like fun!  But I'm not fully understanding...

2008/9/9 Andy Wingo <address@hidden>:

>    scheme@(guile-user)> (lambda () (pk a #:bar))
>    $2 = #<program b755ecf8>

[...]

>    scheme@(guile-user)> ,x $2
>
> There is a wealth of meta-commands at the repl, commands that start with
> `,'. This command, `,x', is an abbreviation for `,disassemble'. Its
> output is this:
>
>    Disassembly of #<program b755ecf8>:
>
>    nargs = 0  nrest = 0  nlocs = 0  nexts = 0
>
> The program has no arguments, no rest arguments, no local variables, and
> no external (lexically-bound) variables.
>
>    Bytecode:
>
>       0    (late-variable-ref 0)
>       2    (late-variable-ref 1)
>       4    (object-ref 2)                  ;; #:bar
>       6    (tail-call 2)
>
>    Objects:
>
>       0    #<variable b80057f0 value: #<program b8005858>>
>       1    #<variable b7569af0 value: (a . pair)>
>       2    #:bar

Where in the bytecode is `pk', or some kind of reference to it?

Regards,
          Neil