2016-08-16 19:03 GMT+02:00 Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com>:

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> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 9:45 AM, marcel.taeumel <Marcel.Taeumel at hpi.de>
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>> Eliot Miranda-2 wrote
>> > Hi Marcel,
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>> > On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 2:55 PM, &lt;
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>> > commits at .squeak
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>> > &gt; wrote:
>> > [snip]
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>> >> 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).
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>> >> 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,
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>> I meant something like this:
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>> "H/el\lo () ## .Wo..rld" -> #helloWorld
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> It's a bit arbitrary isn't it?  Better to mint your own one liner:
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> hackSymbol
>     ^(self select: #isLetter) asSymbol
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> ;-)
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String>>#asLegalSelector


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