On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 01:50:07AM -0700, marcel.taeumel wrote:
> Hi, there! :)
> 
> I just want to mention and explain, why (Object >> #inspect) now returns the
> tool window instead of the object as in 4.5.
> 
> The Tools package adds several convenient methods to the base system:
> 
> Object >> #explore
> Object >> #inspect
> Object >> #browse
> Behavior >> #browse
> 
> All but #inspect returned the created tool. So I went for consistency. But
> in particular, those methods should return the tool because because
> otherwise the programmer has no simple means to access the created
> window/tool programmatically. Model and object are, however, always
> accessible (via #model or just #self).

Thanks for the explanation. I think that you made the right choice.

Dave

> 
> So if you got code like this:
> 
> self someObjects add: myObject inspect.
> 
> Please change it to:
> 
> self someObjects add: myObject inspect; yourself.
> 
> Or even better to:
> 
> myObject inspect.
> self someObjects add: myObject.
> 
> I think that it is good practice/style to use #yourself if you want to get
> the receiver back in a chain of calls:
> 
> self myMorphs add: (MyMorph new color: Color yellow; yourself).
> 
> Best,
> Marcel
> 
> 
> 
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