[squeak-dev] problem with filein

Randal L. Schwartz merlyn at stonehenge.com
Thu Aug 12 19:46:52 UTC 2010


>>>>> "Jecel" == Jecel Assumpcao <jecel at merlintec.com> writes:

Jecel> 1) the class was defined as a subclass of something that was not in the
Jecel> image, so the system was silently making it a subclass of ProtoObject
Jecel> instead (though the browser said it was a subclass of Object - very
Jecel> odd). Didn't we have a warning for this situation?

I can't imagine any case where

  Foo subclass: #Bar [...]

should *succeed* if Foo doesn't exist.  Can you explain why this isn't fatal?

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