Integrating the RegisteringFileList

Stephan B. Wessels swessels at one.net
Tue Jan 22 21:18:53 UTC 2002


On 1/22/02 10:55 AM, "Dan Ingalls" <Dan at SqueakLand.org> wrote:

> "Stephan B. Wessels" <swessels at one.net>
> 
>> I didn't create a
>> registry but instead used the method category feature of Squeak code.  The
>> technique was that the menu was built by looking for methods in a specific
>> category.
> 
> This could be a decent approach, since it's linked to analogous browsing
> convenience.  However, with categories not being a true part of the language,
> it has a fairly serious weakness:  majorShrink, and other extreme space-saving
> measures may, and do currently, discard classOrganizers, and this would seem
> to break any code that depends on class organization.
> 
> - Dan
> 
> 
Good point.  Thanks.

I never disagreed with the approach being taken here.  Rather, my note was
about the fact that I had published a workable solution a year ago which
could have been a benefit until a more flexible system was in place.

Looking forward to where Squeak allows us to go...

 - Steve




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