[Newbies] Smalltalk is a Mystery to Me

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Todd" == Todd Blanchard <tblanchard at mac.com> writes:

Todd> 	north := OrderedCollection new.
Todd> 	south := OrderedCollection new.
Todd> 	east := OrderedCollection new.
Todd> 	west := OrderedCollection new.
Todd> 	trick := OrderedCollection new.

It's been my observation that similarly named variables that are acted upon in
similar ways really ought to be part of a common data structure rather than
unrelated variables.

hands := IdentityDictionary newFrom:
  (#(north east south west trick) collect: [:each | each -> Set new]).

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