Hi matthew,
1) this looks very much like pointsTo:
2) instVarsInclude: is a bit misleading name

I presume this is kind of cobalt compatibility.
I would rather deprecate this message as soon as in. What do you think ?

Nicolas

2010/6/3  <commits at source.squeak.org>:
> Matthew Fulmer uploaded a new version of Kernel to project The Trunk:
> http://source.squeak.org/trunk/Kernel-mtf.454.mcz
>
> ==================== Summary ====================
>
> Name: Kernel-mtf.454
> Author: mtf
> Time: 3 June 2010, 8:51:28.452 am
> UUID: 744ec5f0-a005-4e29-b3c0-d76f96573393
> Ancestors: Kernel-ar.452, Kernel-mtf.421
>
> added ProtoObject >> instVarsInclude:, which is used by the pointer tracer fixes:
> http://bugs.squeak.org/view.php?id=7158
>
> =============== Diff against Kernel-ar.452 ===============
>
> Item was added:
> + ----- Method: ProtoObject>>instVarsInclude: (in category 'system primitives') -----
> + instVarsInclude: anObject
> + "Answers true if anObject is among my named or indexed instance variables, and false otherwise"
> +
> +       <primitive: 132>
> +       1 to: self class instSize do:
> +               [:i | (self instVarAt: i) == anObject ifTrue: [^ true]].
> +       1 to: self basicSize do:
> +               [:i | (self basicAt: i) == anObject ifTrue: [^ true]].
> +       ^ false!
>
>
>