[squeak-dev] SmallInteger someInstance == nil :(

Fabio Niephaus lists at fniephaus.com
Tue Jul 21 12:53:04 UTC 2020


On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 2:24 PM Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de>
wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> Why is "SmallInteger someInstance == nil"?
>

Because SmallIntegers are immediate and cannot be instantiated
(`SmallInteger new` fails). This implies:

"SmallFloat64 someInstance == nil"
"Character someInstance == nil"

Why would you want someInstance of SmallInteger anyway?

Fabio


>
> Best,
> Marcel
>
>
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