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> [  ] Show string elements in object explorer
> [x] Show integer representations in object explorer 
> [  ] Show character representations in object explorer

+1!

Another possible representation would be a list of bits:

116
  |-- hex: '74'
  |-- oct: '164'
  |-- bin: '0111 0100'
  |-- bits: #(0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0)
    |-- 1: 0
    |-- 2: 0
    |-- ...

Best,
Christoph

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> Hi Stéphane.
> 
> > Why is an ObjectExplorer telling you all these things about 3 and
> > nothing at all about 'three'?
> 
> I have no clue. :-) I am in favor of configuring the ObjectExplorer in a more consistent way, maybe through a preference.
> 
> One could as well interpret an integer as a character and vice versa.
> 
> 'three'
>   |-- $t
>     |-- 116
>       |-- hex : '74'
>       |-- oct ...
>       |-- ...
>   |-- $h
>   |-- $r
>   |-- $e
> 
>   |-- $e
> 
> 
> But this would never stop because '74' is a string again. :-D
> 
> Expanding 'three' to its elements is also kind of different form showing various representations for integers. Hmm... a simple step forward could be:
> 
> [  ] Show string elements in object explorer
> [x] Show integer representations in object explorer 
> [  ] Show character representations in object explorer
> 
> The [x][  ] mark the default preference value.
> 
> Best,
> Marcel
> Am 11.06.2021 08:32:59 schrieb Stéphane Rollandin <lecteur at zogotounga.net>:
> > Updates representation of integers in ObjectExplorer. For a small discussion, see http://forum.world.st/The-Trunk-Morphic-mt-1769-mcz-tp5129501p5129804.html
> 
> I'm a bit late to the party, but may I suggest to make the whole integer
> representation in ObjectExplorer a preference?
> 
> Rationale: when peeking at an ObjectExplorer tree, one gets a first idea
> of the structure of an object. Having a subtree for each Integer gives
> the wrong feeling, that there is some extra structure there, while it is
> only some extra information about the same very simple object.
> 
> So there is an obfuscation inherent to having the explorer represent in
> the very same way two different categories of information: one about
> structure, and one about representation.
> 
> This goes for strings too, although in the opposite way: if you explore
> 'abc', you will not get any information on $a, $b or $c from there (like
> their ASCII code, for example) - this times the explorer hides structure.
> 
> I am not sure about my suggestion for a preference, so let me restate
> the problem as I see it as follows:
> 
> Why is an ObjectExplorer telling you all these things about 3 and
> nothing at all about 'three'?
> 
> 
> Stef
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