Time seconds in 3.10

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Sat Dec 8 21:40:27 UTC 2007


The difference appears to be in Time>>now which for some inexplicable 
reason now includes a milliseconds value. Albeit incorrectly I might add 
since the msecs clock is not actually synchronized with the seconds 
clock. Looks like a regression to me.

Cheers,
   - Andreas

Jimmie Houchin wrote:
> Before Squeak 3.10
> 
> Time now seconds.
> 
> returned a SmallInteger.
> 
> Now it returns a Fraction.
> 
> This was discovered in Seaside when I was using 3.10 and encountered a DNU.
> 
> I fixed what I thought was a bug in Seaside only to find it is the
> Squeak behavior that changed.
> 
> But I am having difficulty finding the code that returns the Fraction in
> 3.10.
> Just trying to learn the behavior and difference between 3.10 and before.
> 
> Philippe on the Seaside suggested this _might_ be a bug 3.10.
> 
> Why the change and is this a bug? And any help showing me where the
> Fraction enters the picture, greatly appreciated. :)
> 
> Thoughts.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Jimmie
> 
> 




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