[Newbies] pretty printing

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Claus" == Claus Kick <claus_kick at web.de> writes:

Claus> YourClass >> escape: aString

Claus> "escapes a String"

Claus> |result|

Claus> result := ''.
Claus> aString do:[:char | result := result, char xmlEscaped].
Claus> ^result

This is an expensive way to build a string.  #collect: would be better:

aString collect: [:char | char xmlEscaped].

Internally, that uses a Stream, which extends itself nicely as new data
appears.  In your version, the early string data is getting repeatedly copied
to make each new string.  Ouch.

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