[squeak-dev] Re: Number readFrom: can we remove some "accidental"
features
Klaus D. Witzel
klaus.witzel at cobss.com
Sun Aug 31 18:41:25 UTC 2008
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:20:43 +0200, Igor Stasenko wrote:
> 2008/8/31 Stéphane Rollandin :
>> Igor Stasenko a écrit :
>>>
>>> My guess it can stay, but only as separate helper method, which reads
>>> a numbers and expecting non-smalltalk syntax.
>>
>> yes, useful for end-user input in numerical applications.
>> we could spare them the .2 = 2 experience...
>>
>
> Btw, everyone is content with such ambigility?
>
> { 0.2.3.4.5.6 } printString '#(0.2 3.4 5.6)'
Why #printString, why evaluate things unneccessarily, why pollute .changes
file?
In some Squeak .images the menu entry "pretty print" works (even before
doing the first alt-s), so you can ask an expensive and unmatched expert
system if it already understands what you mean ;)
>> Stef
>>
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