[squeak-dev] bug? / where is Squeak 4.4
Ken G. Brown
kbrown at mac.com
Mon Mar 4 20:55:37 UTC 2013
I just recently downloaded from ftp://ftp.squeak.org/4.4/
I tried the SqueakV44.sources but apparently something in the image is looking for SqueakV41.sources
Ken G. Brown
On 2013-03-04, at 1:45 PM, Ralph Boland wrote:
> I am using Squeak 3.10 but am planning to port my code to Squeak 4.4 soon.
> Today I discovered that method ClassBuilder>>validateClassName:
> aString appears to expect a string as a parameter but in fact
> requires a symbol.
>
> e.g. (ClassBuilder new validateClassName: 'Smalltalk') returns true.
> But: (ClassBuilder new validateClassName: #Smalltalk) generates a Warning:
>
> (Smalltalk already exists!
> Proceed will store over it.
>
> Select Proceed to continue, or close this window to
> cancel the operation.)
>
> The latter is correct although it is the caller of validateClassName:
> that is going to do
> the overwrite so (I think) it is inapproapriate for validateClassName:
> to generate the warning.
>
> Finally, I find it odd that both
>
> (ClassBuilder new validateClassName: #Class) returns true.
> and
> (ClassBuilder new validateClassName: #NotClass) returns true.
>
> Anyway, before reporting this as a bug, I decided to download Squeak 4.4 first
> (in preparation for porting) and verify that the bug is there also.
> But at www.squeak.org I only find Squeak 4.3.
> So where do I find Squeak 4.4?
>
> Finally, where do I find instructions on how to report this bug (if
> it exists in Squeak 4.4).
>
> Regards,
>
> Ralph Boland
>
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