On 2023-09-18, at 11:21 AM, gettimothy via Squeak-dev squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org wrote:
Hi Tim
Those constructions are in the method comments of ByteString for that method.
" ' ' findSubstring: 'abc' in: 'abcdefabcd' startingAt: 1 matchTable: CaseSensitiveOrder 1
Yes, and they're fine because they are within the class(es) that 'own' that class variable. Use the scope, Luke!
Regarding "not a class, but a class variable"
I open a browser and search for the class Tokenish.
It shows up in Category Unknown as a sub-class of Object
That.... is weird. I don't see it in my 22709 update squeak 6 image. I wouldn't expect to see it.
tim -- tim Rowledge; tim@rowledge.org; http://www.rowledge.org/tim Mommy! The cursor's winking at me!