1.3.0 release schedule

[Andreas Rossberg]

Denys Duchier wrote:
> 
> Theoretically, you can use {Property.get 'oz.version'} to dynamically
> decide on the right implementation for the current version of Mozart.

Yes, I thought about something like that, but didn't like it too much, 
because the primitives I showed are actually inlined by the Alice 
compiler. Either we had to perform this check per call, which seems 
expensive, or make some ugly temporary hacks to shift parts of the 
primitive implementations into the runtime system proper.

> I say "theoretically", because "practically" the pickle versions tend
> to be incompatible so that this dynamic flexibility doesn't amount to
> much practical good :-(

So you are saying that the pickle format will change with 1.3.0, so that 
we have to provide separate versions anyway? If that's the case we'll 
have to bite it, of course.

Thanks for the info,

	- Andreas

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