[DVS] Handling new IVs ?

Stephane Ducasse ducasse at iam.unibe.ch
Thu Aug 7 19:58:09 UTC 2003


>> Hello,
>>
>> Is there any way to include into a package new instance variable?
>
> Strictly speaking this is a PackageInfo question, not a DVS question.
> The answer will be the same for any tool (DVS, Monticello, MudPie...) 
> that
> uses PackageInfo to determine what's in or out of a particular package.
>
> There isn't any way to do this currently for the simple reason that
> there's no support for hanging annotations on instance variables.  
> Methods
> allow a single user-specifiable annotation (method category), which
> PackageInfo is able to abuse; ivars allow none.
>
> Once we improve SystemOrganizer and ClassOrganizer to allow multiple
> annotations on classes, methods, and variables, and improve Browser to
> take advantage of this, then PackageInfo and related tools will be in 
> much
> better shape to support this.

This is something nathanael would like to fix because he needs a good 
classOrganizer for traits. Just push him :)

Stef



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