[squeak-dev] Etoys infested by deprecation warnings

Nicolas Cellier nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com
Sat Sep 21 17:56:53 UTC 2019


The problem is when the SyntaxError is triggered by loading a legacy
package.
Correcting the source is the last thing you would like to do if noob...

Le sam. 21 sept. 2019 à 19:51, Thiede, Christoph <
Christoph.Thiede at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de> a écrit :

> > Ah you're right, we get SyntaxError window... Same problem, different
> form...
>
>
> Or, more frequently, an inline syntax error (#correctFrom:to:with:). I
> believe it would be overwhelming to put a link there. Also, these
> preferences aren't designed for beginners, are they? Who wants to use a
> deprecated syntax?
> ------------------------------
> *Von:* Squeak-dev <squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org> im
> Auftrag von Nicolas Cellier <nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com>
> *Gesendet:* Samstag, 21. September 2019 19:46:42
> *An:* The general-purpose Squeak developers list
> *Betreff:* Re: [squeak-dev] Etoys infested by deprecation warnings
>
> Ah you're right, we get SyntaxError window... Same problem, different
> form...
>
> Le sam. 21 sept. 2019 à 15:54, Thiede, Christoph <
> Christoph.Thiede at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de> a écrit :
>
>> > I think this should be generalized in this case, because it's the same
>> for Preferences driven compiler options (assign block argument, underscore
>> assignment, etc... ). The Debugger hook could be in the Exception
>> subclasses.
>>
>> But you do not get a Debugger window when there is a Compiler error?
>> Could you explain your idea more in detail, please? :)
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>> *Von:* Squeak-dev <squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org> im
>> Auftrag von Nicolas Cellier <nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com>
>> *Gesendet:* Samstag, 21. September 2019 14:29:28
>> *An:* The general-purpose Squeak developers list
>> *Betreff:* Re: [squeak-dev] Etoys infested by deprecation warnings
>>
>> Hi, I think this should be generalized in this case, because it's the
>> same for Preferences driven compiler options (assign block argument,
>> underscore assignment, etc... ). The Debugger hook could be in the
>> Exception subclasses.
>>
>> Le sam. 21 sept. 2019 à 10:34, H. Hirzel <hannes.hirzel at gmail.com> a
>> écrit :
>>
>>> +1
>>> Could somebody please implement an option to turn off 'deprecation
>>> warnings' from within the warning dialog box?
>>>
>>> --Hannes
>>>
>>> On 9/21/19, Jakob Reschke <forums.jakob at resfarm.de> wrote:
>>> > It would be cool if users could turn the warnings off from the notifier
>>> > that warns them. Then they wouldn't have to know that there is a
>>> > preference, they would be told so right away.
>>> >
>>> > Am Sa., 21. Sept. 2019 um 10:16 Uhr schrieb Thiede, Christoph <
>>> > Christoph.Thiede at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de>:
>>> >
>>> >> You can turn off deprecation warnings in the preferences for now. :)
>>> >>
>>> >> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>>> >>
>>> >> Christoph Thiede
>>> >>
>>> >> Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Softwaresystemtechnik GmbH, Potsdam
>>> >> Amtsgericht Potsdam, HRB 12184
>>> >> Geschäftsführung: Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 7:39 AM +0200, "Nicola Mingotti" <
>>> >> nmingotti at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> This evening I learnt the basic of Etoys doing the "Falling ellipse"
>>> >>> example from the book "Squeak - Object-Oriented Design with
>>> Multimedia
>>> >>> Applications" (Guzdial pg.164-172).
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Problem. There are so many deprecation warnings going through this
>>> >>> simple
>>> >>> exercise (in Squeak-5.2 #update 18232) that only a highly motivated
>>> >>> person
>>> >>> would be patient enough to kill/ignore all of them.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> For the moment I am not able to fix it myself, better I can do is to
>>> >>> signal you the issue;)
>>> >>>
>>> >>> bye
>>> >>> Nicola
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
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