On 01.09.2009, at 11:37, Nicolas Cellier wrote:

> 2009/9/1  <commits at source.squeak.org>:
>> Andreas Raab uploaded a new version of Collections to project The  
>> Trunk:
>> http://source.squeak.org/trunk/Collections-ar.123.mcz
>>
>> ==================== Summary ====================
>>
>> Name: Collections-ar.123
>> Author: ar
>> Time: 1 September 2009, 12:38:06 pm
>> UUID: e7432274-e18a-1e43-a002-f3ab261bd465
>> Ancestors: Collections-tfel.122
>>
>> Some fixes for RWBinaryOrTextStream which was too agressive  
>> optimizing some paths. Also fixes Character>>codePoint: which has  
>> no reason to raise an exception for values > 256.
>>
>
> Don't know about the reason for such a limitation by just reading  
> the diff...
> However, there was some insurance that a Character of value < 256
> would be unique.
> Doesn't this matter?

#value: does this.

- Bert -

>
>>  ----- Method: Character class>>codePoint: (in category 'instance  
>> creation') -----
>>  codePoint: integer
>> +       "Return a character whose encoding value is integer.
>> +       For ansi compability."
>> +       ^self value: integer!
>> -       "Return a character whose encoding value is integer."
>> -       #Fundmntl.
>> -       (0 > integer or: [255 < integer])
>> -               ifTrue: [self error: 'parameter out of range  
>> 0..255'].
>> -       ^ CharacterTable at: integer + 1!
>>
>>
>>
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