How does GNU Smalltalk build primitive selectors?

[Mark Bratcher]

Hello

 

I started chasing down the issue with the display (`printOn`) for floats which led me to a few different issues. One in particular leads to a potential issue with the SmallInteger >> * operator primitive. However, I’m having trouble understanding how this is actually implemented and built, or how GNU Smalltalk in general handles primitives.

 

The SmallInteger >> * selector in kernel/SmallInt.st seems to get bypassed. I found VMpr_SmallInteger_times in libgst/prims.inl, but this doesn’t seem to get called, either (at least not as evidenced by trying to trace execution).

 

So I’m looking for a little guidance on the structure of this part of the code structure.

 

Thank you!

 

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