[squeak-dev] The Trunk: Tools-mt.978.mcz

Marcel Taeumel marcel.taeumel at hpi.de
Sun Jun 14 05:57:50 UTC 2020


Hi Christoph.

> Couldn't we simply write "Collections (defs+exts)" or maybe "Collection (super) *exts"?

"(super)" wouldn't include pool dictionaries. I did not want to spoil the second and third columns with a too lengthy suffix.

Hi Jakob.

> That aside, I also think that the embellishments could be more intuitive, Marcel. :-) What does (defs only) even mean?

Feel free to improve it. ^__^ The current state just reflects the one I required to move forward.

Best,
Marcel
Am 13.06.2020 23:18:10 schrieb Jakob Reschke <forums.jakob at resfarm.de>:
Thiede, Christoph <Christoph.Thiede at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de [mailto:Christoph.Thiede at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de]> schrieb am Sa., 13. Juni 2020, 14:58:

There are already too many tools in the dark outside of Squeak that lack a proper self-description.
In my opinion the Smalltalk tools are also not self-describing. You typically need an introduction to use them, or did you know what those four panes in the browser are for from the very beginning? Or how to create a new method? Most people new to Smalltalk I know were startled that they have to "overwrite" an existing text.

That aside, I also think that the embellishments could be more intuitive, Marcel. :-) What does (defs only) even mean? Although that at least has a text
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