Hi Andrew,
"Andrew P. Black" wrote:
> 
> At 7:32 -0700 05/23/2002, Dan Rozenfarb wrote:
[snip]
> 
> If you do a "printIt" on
> 
>         ProtoObject class superclass
> 
> you will indeed get
> 
>         Class
> 
> as you expect.
> 
> However, if you inspect ProtoObject, you get an inspector window
> headed "ProtoObject class", and if you look at the instance variable
> superclass, it is indeed nil.
> 
> The confusion arises because the heading on an inspector window is
> the *class* of the object that you are inspecting, which is not the
> same as the object that you are inspecting.  So, if you inspect
> 'abc', the inspector window is headed "String", and if you inspect
> String the inspector window is headed "String class".
> 
> Hence, if you inspect
> 
>         ProtoObject class
> 
> you get an inspector with the heading Metaclass.  Its superclass
> instance variable is indeed Class.
> 
> We might reduce the confusion a bit if the heading on the Inspector
> window was the result of "printOn:" on the object, i.e., what is
> displayed in the self slot of the inspector.  You can change this if
> you wish, by redefining Object>>defaultLabelForInspector .  Of
> course, if you do this and your students don't, the confusion might
> actually increase ...
> 
>         Andrew
This is a bit curious, because I always thought that the
defaultLabelForInspector would be the version with an article like:
a String, an Object ...
a String class ...
but you're right of course, i just checked in my image. Is this just my
memory failing me or has this changed recently? If so why? Would it be
accepted as a good idea to adopt such a version? I disaccount for the
printString as default label for two reasons: 
i: printStrings tend to get long
ii: printStrings can sometimes call walkbacks and you don't want to
check for that when constructing the WindowTitle.

Attached is a changeset to do this so you might try (sorry, this is
already modules aware). 

So long,
Torge
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