Corrupted sources?!

John Hinsley jhinsley at telinco.co.uk
Mon Oct 29 00:14:53 UTC 2001


Kevin Fisher wrote:
> 
> Hi Folks:
> 
> I've been coding in the 3.1beta image with all the latest updates.
> I've never run into any troubles like this before...I've been able to browse
> any method I want without problems.
> 
> Today, I wanted to look at Dictionary>>includesKey:.   When I brought it
> up in the browser, I got a large message informing me that my SqueakV3.sources
> "may" be corrupt, along with an explanation about how this may have happened.
> 
> The problem is, this is the -only- method this happens on (that I've
> encountered).  The other methods in Dictionary don't have this problem.
> Also, this seems to be a Linux thing, as it doesn't happen on my
> laptop running Win98.  I've been using this sources file through the entire
> 3.1 series without any problems whatsoever!
> 
> Can anyone else out there running 3.1beta on Linux give this a try?  Just
> click on Dictionary>>includesKey: in the browser...
> 
> Thanks!

Do you mean:

Dictionary>>includesKey: key 
	"Answer whether the receiver has a key equal to the argument, key."
	
	self at: key ifAbsent: [^false].
	^true

?

No problems on my system 3.2a #4441 built from Lex's sources. Wierd, eh?
Just for interest/information, what does the message say?

Cheers

John

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