[squeak-dev] [Pharo-dev] Pragma keyword / selector / methodSelector

Dale Henrichs dale.henrichs at gemtalksystems.com
Tue Nov 15 19:33:09 UTC 2016


We are integrating Pragma into the GemStone base for GemStone 3.4.0, so 
when the dust settles over the changes I will integrate them into 
GemStone 3.4.0 ...

Dale

On 11/14/2016 11:18 AM, Torsten Bergmann wrote:
> I was hit by this today already as it made Catalog slow like hell (which I fixed):  https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/19342/.
>
> +1   for the short-term revert
> +10  for aligning Squeak and Pharo with a more intention revealing name
>
> Thx
> T.
>
>> Gesendet: Montag, 14. November 2016 um 19:49 Uhr
>> Von: "Eliot Miranda" <eliot.miranda at gmail.com>
>> An: "Pharo Development List" <pharo-dev at lists.pharo.org>
>> Cc: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
>> Betreff: Re: [Pharo-dev] Pragma keyword / selector / methodSelector
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>       can I suggest that Pharo and Squeak coordinate on a change.  First, #selector is bad because it is ambiguous.  As already determined #keyword is awful because it's false (it is a message selector, not just a keyword).  So could we
>>
>> - use #methodSelector and #pragmaSelector for the next few years, and deprecate #selector and #keyword?
>>
>> - after a suitable time use #selector to mean #pragmaSelector because that's the most useful abbreviation (in my experience I most often access #pragmaSelector)?
>>
>> _,,,^..^,,,_ (phone)
>>
>>> On Nov 14, 2016, at 6:37 AM, Esteban A. Maringolo <emaringolo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 2016-11-14 11:27 GMT-03:00 phil at highoctane.be <phil at highoctane.be>:
>>>> Breaking Metacello in Pharo 6: Not good. Revert: +1
>>> Breaking Metacello in any version = Not good.
>>>
>>> Metacello is very backward compatible but breaking pragma semantics
>>> would require a rewrite of many configurations that work okay today
>>> and would require a new version of Metacello that contemplates the new
>>> selectors based on some criteria.
>>>
>>> Regards!
>>>
>>> Esteban A. Maringolo
>>>
>>



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