SystemDictionary allInstances size -> 0
I guess it was kept for easing transition -> Environment.
And yes, it's a sort of Namespace, see VW implementation for example.


2013/7/21 Casey Ransberger <casey.obrien.r at gmail.com>

> The other thread about SmalltalkImage current etc gave me a though. Well
> it was probably that and going through "the environment model" in SICP
> again the other day. Anyway...
>
> Isn't Smalltalk (mostly anyway) a dictionary of bindings? Isn't that a lot
> like a namespace?
>
> I realize I'm jumping the shark on this one, but something in the back of
> my brain thinks maybe SystemDictionary should inherit from Environment or
> something. Of course I know zilch about the implementation of environments,
> so there's that.
>
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