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<P><FONT SIZE=2>This was done by Vassili Bykov, a while ago. I have the code at home, that will I post. Unfortunately, this Class collides with the Tuple class from LindaTalk. Do we have a Namespace capability, that I am not aware of, that I could use to differentiate the two?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Rob</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: danielv@netvision.net.il [<A HREF="mailto:danielv@netvision.net.il">mailto:danielv@netvision.net.il</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 6:14 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: Re: Why we should remove {} from Squeak</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Allen Wirfs-Brock <Allen_Wirfs-Brock@Instantiations.com> wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> [the argument from attractive nuisence]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I think a good answer to that is lots of good examples, and </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> making doing</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the right thing easier, not avoiding a useful, natural shortcut...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> An interesting idea I saw (maybe on this list) that might help in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> creating new abstrations is the Tuple class.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Tuple length: 5 revolutionSpeed: 2</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Creates an object with two instance variables named after the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> keywords,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> with the appropriate values, accessors and initialization code. If a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> class answering this description doesn't yet exist, one is generated. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> So the abstraction creator now has only to (technically - re)name his</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> creation, and it's ready to go. He can immidiately add smarts </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> to it and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> get benefits. Some of the technical busywork of creating the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> abstraction</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> is poofed away with a little doesNotUnderstand magic...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> And the programmer has much less incentive to abuse Array for </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> this sort</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> of things.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Daniel Vainsencher</FONT>
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