[squeak-dev] The Inbox: Nebraska-tpr.42.mcz

karl ramberg karlramberg at gmail.com
Mon Nov 23 22:30:44 UTC 2015


On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:17 PM, tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org> wrote:

>
> > On 23-11-2015, at 1:16 PM, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Is this so that Scratch users won't have to see the pre-debugger?
>
> Nah,  the Scratch code handles it in ScratchSoundRecroderDialog or
> some-such. These couple of changes are simply suggestions for more politely
> handling a possible problem in a way that is a touch less painful than a
> primitiveFailed within a critical block. If people prefer the plain
> notifier for an unhandled Warning, fine.
>
> ChatNotes etc are not used by Scratch - though enabling group chat could
> be fun...
>
> >  If
> > a Scratch kid gets a debugger and clicks "Debug" isntead of
> > "Abanadon".  They might get confused or they might learn something..?
>
> I suspect a teacher of a class of 30-40 8 year olds trying to keep their
> minds on the required lesson might not see it as at all amusing. Remember,
> Scratch usage is now part of the national curriculum in the UK.
>

Oh, that's really big.
Hope they enjoy it :-)

Best,
Karl


>
> tim
> --
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> Useful random insult:- He hasn't a single redeeming vice.
>
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