Where are system globals (Smalltalk and SystemOrganization)
Yar Hwee Boon
hboon at motionobj.com
Thu Dec 9 02:58:16 UTC 2004
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 02:50:24 -0000, Aaron Gray <angray at beeb.net> wrote:
>>> The main problem I seem to have with looking at code is seeing what
>>> class certain methods are for example in :-
>>>
>>> (Smalltalk reject: [:item | item class isMeta ])
>>> associationsDo: [:assoc | Transcript show: assoc key printString;
>>> cr].
>>>
>>> What class is key, if I look at Association I see key returns a key,
>>> but what class is that key that printString is being applied to ?
>>> I find this same problem over and over, is there a simple solution ? I
>>> may have been given the answer at somepoint but cannot remember.
>>
>> You can put a self halt before the "Transcript show" to find out.
>
> Err, tried it, but cannot see how ?
Click debug, then inspect assoc (or assoc key) from the debugger.
Inspectors show the class of the object it is looking at in the window
title bar. Explorers don't.
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Regards
HweeBoon
MotionObj
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