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From: gfrank@javelin.sim.es.com (Gregory Frank)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Persistent Objects
Summary: Need a way to store SystemDictionary out to file.
Keywords: Persistence
Message-ID: <1991May6.190802.23336@javelin.sim.es.com>
Date: 6 May 91 19:08:02 GMT
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah
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I am using Smalltalk/VMac 1.10. In order to store objects for indefinite
periods of time, I have created a dictionary in the System Dictionary.
This would be a good solution for storing objects, except the Smalltalk image
grows to be quite cumbersome. Does anyone know of a way that I can save
the System Dictionary (or at least my part of it) out to disk such that the
image size can be controlled?  Of course, being able to place objects out
to disk is only useful if I can retrieve them at some point to repopulate
the dictionary.

Gregory Frank
gfrank@javelin.es.com