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[armedbear-devel] ABCL Ticket #29: Loading user files off a JAR
by Erik Huelsmann 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Hi Alan, Could you please check ticket #29 (http://trac.common-lisp.net/armedbear/ticket/29)? It's about being able to load files off JARs. However, with Mark Evenson's latest work on loading FASLs off jars, the request may be fulfilled already. Is that the case? With kind regards, Erik.

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[armedbear-devel] CLOS thread safety
by Erik Huelsmann 03 Oct '10

03 Oct '10

Hi David, > Are there any known thread safety issues with CLOS? I've been > getting some weird MOP errors that I made go away by redefining > slot-value such that it has to acquire a global lock before it can do > anything. I assume that the problem is in my code: but the threads > that are executing when I get the failures share no code (or > variables), and every time the errors pop up slot-value is on the > callstack someplace. Well, there have not been any specific threading issues mentioned. Over two years ago, back when I started doing ABCL, there were threading issues which looked like threading issues in CLOS. They turned out to be threading issues in the compiler though. Having said that, I see there have not been taken synchronization measures on a high level: there are no locks and threads:synchronized-on blocks in clos.lisp. There are some synchronized calls on the Java side; I'm not sure the low-level protection is good enough to maintain consistency though. Can you share some examples which show the issues here? Adding thread-safety to clos.lisp - in specific, targeted places - should be well doable. Bye, Erik.

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[armedbear-devel] Bug: (setf (values (struct-slot struct)) (values 42)) fails
by Zach Beane 03 Oct '10

03 Oct '10

(The "Reporting bugs" link on the abcl site doesn't actually link anywhere, so I'm mailing the list.) Here's a file that triggers an ABCL bug: ;;;; abcl-bug.lisp (defpackage #:abcl-bug (:use #:cl) (:export #:trigger)) (in-package #:abcl-bug) (defstruct mystruct slot) (defun trigger () (let ((struct (make-mystruct))) (setf (values (mystruct-slot struct)) (values 42)) struct)) Here's what happens when I run it: Armed Bear Common Lisp 0.22.0 Java 1.6.0_18 Sun Microsystems Inc. OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Low-level initialization completed in 0.445 seconds. Startup completed in 1.688 seconds. Type ":help" for a list of available commands. CL-USER(1): (load (compile-file "abcl-bug")) ; Compiling /tmp/abcl-bug.lisp ... ; (DEFPACKAGE #:ABCL-BUG ...) ; (IN-PACKAGE #:ABCL-BUG) ; (DEFSTRUCT MYSTRUCT ...) ; (DEFUN TRIGGER ...) ; Wrote /tmp/abcl-bug.abcl (0.447 seconds) T CL-USER(2): (abcl-bug:trigger) #<THREAD "interpreter" {1653033E}>: Debugger invoked on condition of type UNDEFINED-FUNCTION The function (SETF SYSTEM:STRUCTURE-REF) is undefined. Restarts: 0: TOP-LEVEL Return to top level. [1] CL-USER(3): :bt 0: (SYSTEM:BACKTRACE) 1: (INVOKE-DEBUGGER #<UNDEFINED-FUNCTION {8FE2509}>) 2: org.armedbear.lisp.Lisp.error(Lisp.java:353) 3: org.armedbear.lisp.Symbol.getSymbolSetfFunctionOrDie(Symbol.java:399) 4: org.armedbear.lisp.abcl_bug_9.execute(abcl-bug.lisp:11) 5: org.armedbear.lisp.LispThread.execute(LispThread.java:552) 6: org.armedbear.lisp.Lisp.evalCall(Lisp.java:514) 7: org.armedbear.lisp.Lisp.eval(Lisp.java:485) [1] CL-USER(4): I would expect to get a structure back with SLOT set to 42, instead of this error. This is a strange case (you normally wouldn't use VALUES there) but it comes from some larger real code that sets multiple struct slots from a multiple-value-returning function. Zach

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[armedbear-devel] What is the consensus on JFLI and JSS?
by mahmud 26 Sep '10

26 Sep '10

Hi there, First, a big thank you and congratulation on a job well done, everyone! Secondly. What is the community take on jfli[1] and jss[1]? I like them both, and I plan to use them heavily to Lispify a few Java libraries. However, the two are incompatible, they both have features I would like to see merged. Have there been any attempts at wrapping the native FFI with something higher level? I am interested in something that does the following: 1) Automatic importing of java packages and making them into Lisp packages. 2) Succinct, case-indifferent syntax. I would like to extend either of them to do: 3) Subclassing of java classes in Lisp. 4) Ability to implement java interfaces in Lisp classes. I have a few more ideas, most of which are feasible, but would like to get the community's input on FFI wrappers before I head off in a solitary direction. Regards. - mahmud

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[armedbear-devel] [ANNOUNCE] ABCL 0.22.0
by Erik Huelsmann 26 Sep '10

26 Sep '10

On behalf of the developers of ABCL (Armed Bear Common Lisp) I'm glad to be able to announce the 0.20.0 release. ABCL is a Common Lisp implementation implemented in Java and running on the JVM, featuring both an interpreter and a compiler. The compiler targets the JVM directly meaning that its output is runnable JVM bytecode. The fact that ABCL is written in Java allows for relatively easy embedding in larger applications. For integration with existing applications ABCL implements Java Specification Request (JSR) 223: Java scripting API. The release is a small maintenance release: most efforts were focussed on work happening on branches some of which has already been merged to trunk for 0.23. The release notes can be viewed at http://common-lisp.net/project/armedbear/release-notes-0.22.shtml. and the list of changes at http://trac.common-lisp.net/armedbear/browser/trunk/abcl/CHANGES. Latest and older binary and source distributions can be downloaded from http://common-lisp.net/project/armedbear/releases/

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Re: [armedbear-devel] [armedbear-cvs] r12918 - in trunk/abcl: . src/org/armedbear/lisp test/lisp/abcl test/lisp/ansi
by Erik Huelsmann 24 Sep '10

24 Sep '10

Hi Alessio, Thanks! Great to see the branch on trunk now! Bye, Erik. On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 12:35 AM, Alessio Stalla <astalla(a)common-lisp.net>wrote: > Author: astalla > Date: Fri Sep 24 18:35:02 2010 > New Revision: 12918 > > Log: > generic-class-file branch merged. > > > Added: > trunk/abcl/src/org/armedbear/lisp/jvm-class-file.lisp > - copied unchanged from r12917, > /branches/generic-class-file/abcl/src/org/armedbear/lisp/jvm-class-file.lisp > trunk/abcl/src/org/armedbear/lisp/jvm-instructions.lisp > - copied unchanged from r12917, > /branches/generic-class-file/abcl/src/org/armedbear/lisp/jvm-instructions.lisp > trunk/abcl/test/lisp/abcl/class-file.lisp > - copied unchanged from r12917, > /branches/generic-class-file/abcl/test/lisp/abcl/class-file.lisp > Removed: > trunk/abcl/src/org/armedbear/lisp/opcodes.lisp > Modified: > trunk/abcl/abcl.asd > trunk/abcl/src/org/armedbear/lisp/compile-file.lisp > trunk/abcl/src/org/armedbear/lisp/compile-system.lisp > trunk/abcl/src/org/armedbear/lisp/compiler-pass2.lisp > trunk/abcl/src/org/armedbear/lisp/jvm.lisp > trunk/abcl/src/org/armedbear/lisp/known-symbols.lisp > trunk/abcl/test/lisp/ansi/parse-ansi-errors.lisp > >

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[armedbear-devel] generic-class-file branch landed on trunk: who re-enables runtime-class.lisp/RuntimeClass.java?
by Erik Huelsmann 24 Sep '10

24 Sep '10

Finally, the branch which is about implementing a generic class file generator (en rewriting the compiler output generator in terms of it) has landed on trunk. These are the next steps: 1. Devise an api for external users - there are currently *no* exported symbols 2. Rewrite runtime-class.lisp in terms of this API, instead of the old ASM bytecode modifier library. Any takers? Next to the re-enabling of runtime-class.lisp, the other benefit of the branch is that it's now possible to create Java class files from the compiler which contain much more complicated (but hopefully better performing) method patterns. Regards, Erik.

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[armedbear-devel] How to use JARRAY-SET to fill a byte array?
by Chun Tian (binghe) 14 Sep '10

14 Sep '10

Hi again ... ABCL I want to fill a Java byte[] array. But I don't know how to correctly use JARRAY-SET (I should use it, right?): CL-USER(1): (defvar $*byte (jclass "byte")) $*BYTE CL-USER(2): (setf array (jnew-array $*byte 10)) #<jarray [B@7a2ee7e5 {1D7AAA0E}> CL-USER(3): (jarray-set array 1 0) #<THREAD "interpreter" {6E61A414}>: Debugger invoked on condition of type JAVA-EXCEPTION Java exception 'java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: argument type mismatch'. Restarts: 0: TOP-LEVEL Return to top level. [1] CL-USER(4): 0 CL-USER(5): (jarray-ref array 0) 0 So, a plain number "1" cannot work, but what else I can do? a object of java.lang.Byte? And, is there any quick way I can fill a byte array using contents from a Lisp array? Regards, Chun Tian (binghe)

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[armedbear-devel] How to declare a jconstructor/jmethod which has array arguments?
by Chun Tian (binghe) 13 Sep '10

13 Sep '10

Hi, ABCL I already know how to declare a jconstructor or jmethod which has primitives as arguments: For example, for java.net.DatagramSocket, I have following declarations which works fine: (defvar $*int (jclass "int")) (defvar $*DatagramSocket (jclass "java.net.DatagramSocket")) (defvar $*InetAddress (jclass "java.net.InetAddress")) (defvar $%DatagramSocket/2 (jconstructor $*DatagramSocket $*int $*InetAddress)) (defvar $@close/DatagramSocket/0 (jmethod $*DatagramSocket "close")) ... But how can I declare java.net.DatagramPacket, whose constructor has a byte[] argument: public DatagramPacket (byte[] buf, int offset, int length) Just don't know how to represent "byte[]" ... Regards, Chun Tian (binghe)

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[armedbear-devel] [CfP] 4th European Lisp Symposium, Hamburg, March 31 - April 1st, 2011
by Didier Verna 13 Sep '10

13 Sep '10

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4th European Lisp Symposium Special Focus on Parallelism & Efficiency March 31 - April 1st, 2011 TUHH, Hamburg University of Technology Hamburg, Germany http://www.european-lisp-symposium.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Important Dates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + Submission Deadline: January 09, 2011 + Author Notification: February 06, 2011 + Final Paper Due: February 28, 2011 + Symposium: March 31 - April 1st, 2011 Authors of accepted research contributions will be invited to submit an extended version of their papers for journal publication. Scope ~~~~~~ The purpose of the European Lisp Symposium is to provide a forum for the discussion and dissemination of all aspects of design, implementation and application of any of the Lisp dialects, including Common Lisp, Scheme, Emacs Lisp, AutoLisp, ISLISP, Dylan, Clojure, ACL2, ECMAScript, Racket and so on. We encourage everyone interested in Lisp to participate. The European Lisp Symposium 2011 invites high quality papers about novel research results, insights and lessons learned from practical applications, and educational perspectives. We also encourage submissions about known ideas as long as they are presented in a new setting and/or in a highly elegant way. This year's focus will be directed towards "Parallelism & Efficiency". We especially invite submissions in the following areas: + Parallel and distributed computing + Code generation for multi-core architectures + Code generation for HTM + Large and ultra-large systems + Optimization techniques + Embedded applications Contributions are also welcome in other areas, including but not limited to: + Context-, aspect-, domain-oriented and generative programming + Macro-, reflective-, meta- and/or rule-based development approaches + Language design and implementation + Language integration, inter-operation and deployment + Development methodologies, support and environments + Educational approaches and perspectives + Experience reports and case studies Technical Program: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We invite submissions in the following forms: * Papers: Technical papers of up to 15 pages that describe original results or explain known ideas in new and elegant ways. * Demonstrations: Abstracts of up to 4 pages for demonstrations of tools, libraries, and applications. * Tutorials: Abstracts of up to 4 pages for in-depth presentations about topics of special interest for at least 90 minutes and up to 180 minutes. * Lightning talks: Abstracts of up to one page for talks to last for no more than 5 minutes. All submissions should be formatted following the ACM SIGS guidelines and include ACM classification categories and terms. For more information on the submission guidelines and the ACM keywords, see: http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates http://www.acm.org/about/class/1998 Submissions should be uploaded to Easy Chair, at the following address: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=els2011 Programme Chair ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Didier Verna - EPITA Research and Development Laboratory, France Local Chair ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ralf Moeller - Hamburg University of Technology, Germany Programme Committee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Antonio Leitao - Instituto Superior Tecnico/INESC-ID, Portugal Christophe Rhodes - Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK David Edgar Liebke - Relevance Inc., USA Didier Verna - EPITA Research and Development Laboratory, France Henry Lieberman - MIT Media Laboratory, USA Jay McCarthy - Brigham Young University, USA Jose Luis Ruiz Reina - Universidad de Sevilla, Spain Marco Antoniotti - Universita Milano Bicocca, Italy Manuel Serrano - INRIA, France Michael Sperber - DeinProgramm, Germany Pascal Costanza - Vrije Universiteit of Brussel, Belgium Scott McKay - ITA Software, USA -- Resistance is futile. You will be jazzimilated. Scientific site: http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier Music (Jazz) site: http://www.didierverna.com

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