How to rename obsolete classes?
Dan Ingalls
Dan at SqueakLand.org
Mon Dec 13 07:59:05 UTC 2004
Hi, Ingo -
>I'm trying to rename onsolete classes, using the following code snippet, but I get an "key not found" error in SystemDictionary>>renameClass:as:
>
>SystemNavigation default obsoleteClasses do: [:c |
> (c name beginsWith: 'AnObsolete') ifTrue: [
>" Transcript show: (c name copyFrom: 3 to: c name size); cr."
> c rename: (c name copyFrom: 3 to: c name size).
> ]
>]
>...
>Any ideas how I can get to rename those classes (I'm trying to clean up the "AnObsolete..." nameing).
Yes. This is because, by the time a class has been made obsolete, it no longer participates in the normal structures such as the Smalltalk dictionary and the SystemOrganization. It should suffice in this case simply to use #setName: in place of #rename:.
Hope this helps
- Dan
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