On 28.03.2009, at 21:07, Keith Hodges wrote:

> Eliot Miranda wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Keith Hodges
>> <keith_hodges at yahoo.co.uk <mailto:keith_hodges at yahoo.co.uk>> wrote:
>>
>>    I am beginning to think you are talking about method categories,
>>    rather
>>    than class categories.
>>
>>
>> Uh, yes :)
>>
> Ok, the good news is that the method definitions are stored in the
> correct order in the snapshot.bin
>
> The bad news is that, all the definitions go through a sorting process
> prior to loading in order to ensure that as much as possible loads. I
> think that we MC users must have got used to this state of affairs.


Even if reordering methods is necessary it should be simple to apply  
the right categorization afterwards, no?

The reordering is a big issue for long-time Smalltalkers (and even  
more the intrusive practice of identifying extension methods and  
overrides by star categories).

- Bert -