Android REPL - add* syntax-sugar not available in constructor

[Per Bothner]

On 01/28/2012 05:11 PM, teyc wrote:
>
> I'm starting to have fun with the REPL Helmut provided.

I haven't quite gotten it to work.  I can compile, install,
and run it - but then what?  I assume I can connect using telnet
- but the messages don't show up with adb logcat, so I don't
know how to connect.  (I've only tried connecting using the
emulator.  I can try using a phone if that may make a difference.)

> Unfortunately, the REPL running under Android doesn't recognize the
> "addView" in the constructor.
>
> #|kawa:319|#
> (android.widget.LinearLayout *activity*
>    orientation: android.widget.LinearLayout:VERTICAL
>    view:
>     (android.widget.TextView *activity*
>        text: "Hello, Android REPL from Kawa Scheme!"))
>
> java.lang.RuntimeException: no such field view in
> android.widget.LinearLayout
>          at gnu.kawa.reflect.SlotSet.apply(SlotSet.java:115)
>          at gnu.kawa.reflect.Invoke.applyN(Invoke.java:239)
>          at gnu.kawa.reflect.Invoke.apply(Invoke.java:99)

Invoke.applyN is used to "apply" the constructor, when the compiler
can't inline it.  And Invoke.applyN clearly doesn't handle "addXxx".
That is one bug - in principle not difficult to fix.

But what is puzzling is why Invoke.applyN is called at runtime.
The "pre-compiler" is supposed to call CompileInvoke#validateApplyInvoke
- and this should be called by eval, when if the bytecode compiler
is unavailable.  Mapping "xxx:" to "addXxx" is supposed to be handled
by the CompiledBuildObject#findNamedMember and #buildSetter methods.
 From looking at the code I haven't seem why that is not happening.
(If I can get the repl working I can hopefully add println etc.)
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