[Module] What about to change locally the name lookup ?

Henrik Gedenryd h.gedenryd at open.ac.uk
Sun May 12 20:59:25 UTC 2002


Bergel Alexandre wrote:

> Actually, only weak binding are usable. If I try to activate strong Module
> preference, I cannot add new methods. It is probably a bug I guess.

Yep, haven't tested strong modules yet. Figured it will be a rather long
time before Squeak is ready for that anyway.

I've written a new page explaining the exact differences between the
different schemes btw.

> Anyway, what not to have strong modularity for new user defined modules, and
> still keeping weak modularity for system modules ?

I considering delegating name lookup schemes to separate objects but I think
it would have made things overly complex.

> Also, perhaps it should be convenient to add into preference an option for
> activate or not "already existing class" notification. What do you think ?

Yes, it sounds like a reasonable thing to add.

Henrik




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