The assignment character in 3.9 and onward

Ralph Johnson johnson at cs.uiuc.edu
Thu Jun 8 13:24:44 UTC 2006


On 6/8/06, Klaus D. Witzel <klaus.witzel at cobss.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:33:55 +0200, Lic. Edgar J. De Cleene wrote:
> >
> > I wonder why not use <- , two characters as := , but closer to original
> > idea.

This is a bad idea, because you would be different from other
Smalltalks for no good reason.  The right solution is to make the
editor smarter.  That way you get compatibility AND a good user
interface.

-Ralph Johnson



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