jennyw <jennyw at dangerousideas.com> writes:


> Nontheless, it kind of spooked me to learn that if an instance variable
> received its value from a string literal (e.g. via an accessor or in
> initialization) that the value of that variable could change if someone
> typed something like 'string' at: 1 put: $x.
> 
> Any comments?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Jen

I hope I pushed the right buttons. Here's what I get:

>From The Workspace
        |A|
        A := 'squeak'.
        'squeak' At: 6 Put: $l.
        Transcript Show: A; Cr

It Prints 
        In Smalltalk/X: "Squeak"
        In Squeak:      "Squeal"
        In Visualage    I Get A PrimitiveError