On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Stephen Pair <stephen at pairhome.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 2:21 AM, Andreas Raab <andreas.raab at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi there -
>>
>> I just realized how silly it is to write code like:
>>
>>        (Delay forSeconds: 60) wait.
>>        (Delay forMilliseconds: 1000) wait.
>>
>> when we have units available and might as well say:
>>
>>        (Delay for: 60 seconds) wait.
>>        (Delay for: 5 days + 3 hours + 17 minutes) wait.
>>
>> What do people think about this? Overkill or just right?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>  - Andreas
>>
>
> I think it is great and I think what is needed is a standardized units
> implementation in the base squeak.  There are plenty of units
> implementations that have been around for years (some that are very well
> designed and thought out) and I think the main barrier to wide adoption has
> been the simple fact that none of them have been included in a base
> smalltalk distribution.
>
> - Stephen
>

Never mind...I just realized that you weren't talking about units in
general, but just about the Delay protocol.  But, I do think putting a
generalized units framework in the base squeak to encourage adoption would
be a good idea.

- Stephen
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