Hi Michael,
on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:07:24 +0100, you wrote:
On 11/29/06, Klaus D. Witzel klaus.witzel@cobss.com wrote:
Motivation for syntax: we say SmallInteger and LargeInteger to subclasses of Integer and obviously prefer the opposite direction for a namespace hierarchy. Let's replace the suggested :: by a legitimate binary message
Morphic >~ View Tweak >~ View System >~ Default >~ Compiler My >~ Terrific >~ Compiler
Implementing Namespaces like this would mean that your code runs slower.
Why should it? There are 2 possibilities:
1 - the compiler does not know about #>~ and so compiles a message send which results in DNU.
2 - it does know, then is compiles the usual reference to a literal variable (name being resolved at compile-time: that's the magic behind namespace+compiler).
In order to refer to a class, you'll need to send a message to a Namespace every time you refer to it, rather than just refer to the class directly.
By no means, only the compiler has, not me :|
Also, your message names are capitalised,
The word after the >~ is not a message name, it's in argument position (like in the Smalltalk programming lanugage ;-) And the word before the >~ is in argument position, too :) That's the nature of the binary #>~ message (handled by compiler).
which will have a negative affect on your karma.
Not my karma: the compiler's karma ;-)
/Klaus
Michael.