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5:10:21
etimmons
Looks like there's something broken with getting the PID of a process launched with SYS:RUN-PROGRAM in 1.8.0
5:11:05
etimmons
I get "The following error was encountered: Java exception 'java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: No instance method named getDeclaredField found for type java.lang.String'." on both JDK 8 and 15
5:13:07
etimmons
There's another new error in ASDF's test suite for 1.8.0 as compared to 1.7.1, but I'm still trying to grok if it's ASDF's fault or ABCL's
5:57:33
easye
Between 1.7.1 and 1.8.0 I "fixed" some aspect of SYS:RUN-PROGRAM for java6. But the backtrace is still weird.
6:01:46
etimmons
I know I tested the run-program fix when you made it, but I must have forgotten to try getting the PID
6:02:10
easye
(my local machine is slammed by I/O trying to remove a virtualbox snapshot rendering it kinda of unusable at the moment)
6:04:17
easye
But I have at least replicated your error on a remote machine, so I will look at the problem when I can get a local IDE running)
6:05:41
etimmons
The other new error is some read-base weirdness. ASDF loads a file with read-base bound to 2, fmakunbound's the function it's testing, and reloads it with read-base bound to 9.
6:06:30
etimmons
and when it calls the function the second time, it's acting the same as it did when read-base was bound to 2
7:18:05
easye
Meanwhile, I managed to get a fix for the SYS:PROCESS-PID. Very stupid error in my patch.
7:21:51
robertm
The ASDF test case involves giving *READ-BASE* a value during the loading of a compiled file that is different from the value that it had during the compiling of that file. I don't know if programs are supposed to be allowed to do that. It's reminiscent of the "different *PACKAGE* during compiling and loading" issue that we discussed on the mailing list very recently.
7:24:40
easye
robertm: Yes, I agree that the *READ-BASE* issue is similar to the recent fixes with the loader. In this case though, the test function should be a Java class so things are a little different.
7:31:21
easye
robertm: on a personal note, where-abouts do you live that you had that hurricane the other week? So many hurricanes that it wasn't immediately obvious with a bit of searching.
7:37:17
robertm
Gainesville FL. I watched the recent SpaceX launch from here, about 100 miles from Cape Kennedy. It had the same color and brightness as Mars, but was moving much faster.
7:39:02
easye
I haven't seen a rocket launch since ~1979 when I saw a Delta launch the ISEE probe which my father was a PI for the cosmic ray detector.
7:42:23
easye
Watching the videos of the SpaceX Falcon rocket assisted landings sure looks like magic.
7:47:54
robertm
And his earlier space exploits probably had something to do with eventually becoming a senator. Full circle!
7:48:49
easye
The recent TV series _The Right Stuff_ really portrays a very politically ambitious John Glenn.
7:52:03
easye
Well, the recent work on the loader fixes Eric's problems with *READ-BASE*. Not sure how, but it works now.