On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 9:45 AM, marcel.taeumel <Marcel.Taeumel at hpi.de>
wrote:

> Eliot Miranda-2 wrote
> > Hi Marcel,
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 2:55 PM, &lt;
>
> > commits at .squeak
>
> > &gt; wrote:
> > [snip]
> >
> >>
> >> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/packages/2016-
> >> August/068596.html
> >>
> >> Name: HelpSystem-Core-mt.92
> >> Ancestors: HelpSystem-Core-mt.91
> >>
> >> Small fix to normalize selectors (needed for release notes).
> >>
> >> Is there a method to convert any string to a valid selector symbol?
> >>
> >
> > No, and there can't be.  For example, no brackets "()[]{}" are legal in
> > binary selectors.
> >
> > _,,,^..^,,,_
> > best, Eliot
>
> Hi Eliot,
>
> I meant something like this:
>
> "H/el\lo () ## .Wo..rld" -> #helloWorld
>

It's a bit arbitrary isn't it?  Better to mint your own one liner:

hackSymbol
    ^(self select: #isLetter) asSymbol

;-)


> Best,
> Marcel
>
>
>
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-- 
_,,,^..^,,,_
best, Eliot
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