On 21 août 06, at 19:27, Alejandro F. Reimondo wrote:

>>> KernelPackage import: Point.
>> or
>> Point from: KernelPackage
>
> really? or it must be:
>     KernelPackage import: #Point
> because the object named Point does
>  not exist in the context, yet...

Yes!

> If objects KernelPackage and
>  Point are already bound, what does
>  the #import: mean?

True!!!

> If the meaning of #import: is to
>  bind an object to a name in a context,
>  I prefer the message to be sent to the
>  bounding environment or to the source
>  space (KernelPackage) to solve the
>  binding action.

100% correct

>
> best,
> Ale
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "stéphane ducasse" <ducasse at iam.unibe.ch>
> To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list"
> <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 1:25 PM
> Subject: Re: how to get arg and print on the output
>
>
>> Yeap I like the one of pepsi (in fact I really like the { } for C),
>> this is really excellent.
>> but for Smalltalk I prefer that one that is closer to Smalltalk one.
>>
>>> KernelPackage
>>> import: Point.
>>
>> or
>> Point from: KernelPackage
>>
>>>
>>> Package declare: 'ColoredPointPackage'.
>>>
>>> Point < ColoredPpoint
>>> variables: 'x y' ;
>>> classvar: 'Foo'
>>>
>>> ColoredPoint>>foo: zork
>>> [  <category: 'foobar'>
>>>
>>>> <author: 'sd' date: '24/06/2006'>
>>>>
>>> ljkljl
>>> ^ self
>>>         ]
>>>
>>
>>   ColoredPoint class>> new
>> [ ^ self basicNew ]
>>
>>
>>
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