Thank you Dave,

Jannik

On Jan 4, 2010, at 21:16 , David T. Lewis wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 07:09:01PM +0100, Laval Jannik wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I understand your comments,
>> So:
>> - i will put word size a class var,
>> - this class var will be modify only by systemTracer
>> 
>> Now I have a question:
>> Why using Smalltalk wordSize whereas the vm parameter is getting by SmalltalkImage current ?
> 
> Hi Jannik,
> 
> Different people may answer this question in different ways, because it
> is a matter of style and personal opinion. But it may help to know that
> earlier versions of Squeak had the vm parameter query in SystemDictionary
> ("Smalltalk") rather than in SmalltalkImage. This was moved as part of
> a larger effort to reorganize SystemDictionary, which is a rather large
> class that has accumulated many functions over the years.
> 
> As matter of function, it makes no difference either way. The part that
> is subject to opinion is whether it makes more sense for a person to
> say "Smalltalk wordSize" to refer to the size of a word in the object
> memory, or whether "SmalltalkImage current wordSize" is more meaningful.
> 
> FWIW, my own opinion is that neither one is right, but "Smalltalk wordSize"
> is easier to remember. But no matter what approach is taken, you will be able
> to find someone who does not agree, so you should form your own opinion ;-)
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
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