Hi, there!

If you want to serialize an object with the SmartRefStream to support
addition and removal instance variables in classes, you can do this:

obj := Morph new.
stream := SmartRefStream on: #[] writeStream.
stream nextPutObjOnly: obj.
stream close.
blob := stream contents.
objCopy := (SmartRefStream on: blob readStream) next.

Or your can do this, which produces the traditional "file-in format" with a
text header used, for example, when filing out a morph:

obj := Morph new.
stream := SmartRefStream on: (RWBinaryOrTextStream on: '').
stream nextPut: obj.
stream close.
blob := stream contents.
objCopy := (SmartRefStream on: blob readStream asBinaryOrTextStream)
nextAndClose.

This is awkward. It took me some time to figure out that I just cannot use
the regular stream interface, which I can do with ReferenceStream. And
SmartRefStream is just a subclass of it. *sigh*

So, I want to use #nextPut: and #next: just as usual:

obj := Morph new.
stream := SmartRefStream on: #[] writeStream.
stream nextPut: obj.
stream close.
blob := stream contents.
objCopy := (SmartRefStream on: blob readStream) next.

Also, WriteStream DNU #ascii. *sigh*

Best,
Marcel




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