I finally got my jit_h_files branch finished and merged back into trunk yesterday. The branch primarily affected src/jit/i386/*, but there were a few other changes as well. Notably, I had to make a change to config/gen/makefiles/root.in to ensure the new .c files were actually built properly. I'm a makefile n00b, so I did't get that right the first time.
Merged in the branch and that created few errors for other people. Luckily, with some diagnostic help from moritz++ I was able to iron them out quickly. No harm, no foul.
In other news I've been chipping away idly at the book. I've added some inexplicably missing sections for classes, objects, and exceptions. I also added some stuff about jonathan++'s new annotation system. The book still doesn't contain any comprehensive discussion about how classes and objects are actually used in Parrot, so there is still a lot of work to be done about that.
I'm looking forward to having some time this weekend to dig back into the GC and figure out where that damn string concatination error is coming from. I suspect that a string object is being prematurely recycled which was screwing with the pointers. Hopefully I'll be able to narrow it down and resolve it ASAP.
