>> Would it be possible to rename the primitive Object>>class to
>> Object>>basicClass, and then implement Object>>class as:
>
> In many Smalltalks, you can't override #class. Squeak is one of those 
> --
> you can comment out the primitive call in Object >> #class, and 
> everything
> still works fine. The compiler short-circuits the message, and just 
> answers
> the class (or something like that).

I once did something similar: you can remove #class from the 
special-selectors collection in the compiler (class-var StdSelectors in 
ParseNode). From then on all methods you compile actually send the 
message #class and therefor it can also be overridden.

Cheers,
Lukas

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Lukas Renggli
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