i think it would if i knew what i was doing.  Like you I was familiar with
the same concept in Ruby and thought it would be a great thing to have in
smalltalk.  i guess my smalltalk skills aren't up to the task any more.

On 11/29/05, Larry White <ljw1001 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You're right -it did load. The package simply modifies the String class
> itself and adds a test class to go with it. I was expecting a subclass or
> something.   I guess i've been too long in environments where changing key
> classes just isn't done.
>
> i find squeak to be mostly friendly - once you load the software you
> need.
>
> On 11/29/05, Cees De Groot <cdegroot at gmail.com > wrote:
> >
> > On 11/29/05, Larry White <ljw1001 at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > Thanks for your help but, No. Smalltalk does not make such things
> > easy.
> >
> > If anything doesn't make anything not easy here, it's Squeak. There's
> > a lot to improve in the UI (still, there's also a lot better than
> > 'regular' UIs, but sadly enough it takes a bit of time to get that...
> > - the learning curve should be a lot gentler)
> >
> >
> > >  [...] Same as before-says it's loading, but no new
> > > classes/methods appear in the system.
> >
> > Are you sure? You can "Browse" MC files from the MC user interface, it
> > shows exactly what it is supposed to add/change/override.
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