On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 4:58 AM <christoph.thiede at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de>
wrote:

> Done via Collections-ct.998. :-)
>
> One more question:
>
> > shows that within a literal array nil, true, and false are symbols not
> pseudo variables
>
> Wait, is this even correct?
>
>     #(nil true false) = {nil. true. false}


Yes.  It is part of the ANSI standard.  Sometime in the 90's it was judged
that (#(nil true false) = (Array with: #nil with: #true with: #false)) was
too confusing.

Best,
> Christoph
>
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> On 2022-03-28T09:34:12+02:00, marcel.taeumel at hpi.de wrote:
>
> > Yes, please. You can directly group some of literals (and objects) that
> are already there.
> >
> > Best,
> > Marcel
> > Am 26.03.2022 15:37:08 schrieb Thiede, Christoph <christoph.thiede at
> student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de>:
> > We don't illustrate some other features yet, though:
> >
> > #(nesting (arrays ()))
> >
> > 1.2s3
> >
> >
> > Should we?
> >
> > Best,
> > Christoph
> > Von: Squeak-dev <squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org> im
> Auftrag von commits at source.squeak.org <commits at source.squeak.org>
> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 1. März 2022 21:39:55
> > An: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org; packages at
> lists.squeakfoundation.org
> > Betreff: [squeak-dev] The Trunk: Collections-eem.992.mcz
> >
> > Eliot Miranda uploaded a new version of Collections to project The Trunk:
> > http://source.squeak.org/trunk/Collections-eem.992.mcz [
> http://source.squeak.org/trunk/Collections-eem.992.mcz]
> >
> > ==================== Summary ====================
> >
> > Name: Collections-eem.992
> > Author: eem
> > Time: 1 March 2022, 12:39:53.850609 pm
> > UUID: 677dd86e-ae58-41d3-b125-af837d2cdb61
> > Ancestors: Collections-mt.991
> >
> > Add some missing features to the imfamous postcard.
> >
> > =============== Diff against Collections-mt.991 ===============
> >
> > Item was changed:
> >   ----- Method: Text class>>codeSample (in category 'filler text') -----
> >   codeSample
> >
> >          ^ 'exampleWithNumber: x
> >          "A method that illustrates every part of Smalltalk method syntax
> >          including primitives. It has unary, binary, and keyboard
> messages,
> >          declares arguments and temporaries, accesses a global variable
> > +        (but not an instance variable), uses literals (array,
> character, symbol,
> > +        string, integer, float, byte array), uses the pseudo variables
> nil, true,
> > +        false, self, super, and thisContext, shows that within a
> literal array
> > +        nil, true and false are symbols not pseudo variables, and has
> sequence,
> > +        assignment, return, cascade, and tuple (array) creation. It has
> both
> > +        zero argument and one argument blocks, and has a block
> temporary."
> > -        (but not an instance variable), uses literals (array, character,
> > -        symbol, string, integer, float), uses the pseudo variables true,
> > -        false, nil, self, and super, and has sequence, assignment,
> return
> > -        and cascade. It has both zero argument and one argument blocks."
> >          <primitive: ''primitiveCopyBits'' module: #BitBltPlugin error:
> ec>
> >          | y |
> >          true & false not & (nil isNil) ifFalse: [self halt].
> >          y := self size + super size.
> > +        #($a #a ''a'' "a" 1 1.0 nil true false), { #[65]. thisContext.
> nil. true. false }
> > +                do: [ :each | | class |
> > +                        class := each class.
> > -        #($a #a ''a'' "a" 1 1.0)
> > -                do: [ :each |
> >                          Transcript
> > +                                show: (class name);
> > -                                show: (each class name);
> >                                  show: '' ''].
> >          ^ x < y'!
>

_,,,^..^,,,_
best, Eliot
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