Hello all,<br><br>What is the concensus to the assignment character issue in 3.9?<br><br>I understand the desire to let the underscore be underscore, and not hijack it to be <-, I agree with that 100%.<br><br>However, I believe that quite a few of us still prefer to see the <- displayed instead of the newer :=. At least, I'd prefer a 2 keypresses than 3 keypresses (shift, semicolon, equal) for entering the assignment operator.
<br><br>I propose the following:<br><br>1) Outside of the code display within Squeak, always use := because the <- is not available anywhere else.<br><br>2) Inside Squeak, let it be a preference to allow the user to choose between := and <- for the glyph used to display the assignment operator.
<br><br>3) Add Ctrl-= as an additional keybinding for entering the assignment operator. This way, there's a 2-keypress way for entering assignment again.<br><br>Would it be a big performance hit if the source code is always stored using :=, and add a method to StringHolderView or PluggableTextView to convert from := to -> when displaying code?
<br><br>Duncan.<br>