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<p>Hi, thank you for the feedback!</p>
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<p>It is indeed interesting to read that Object class >> #initialize does not call super. I always thought this would be an important idiom ...</p>
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<div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>Von:</b> Squeak-dev <squeak-dev-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org> im Auftrag von Levente Uzonyi <leves@caesar.elte.hu><br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2019 23:39:48<br>
<b>An:</b> The general-purpose Squeak developers list<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [squeak-dev] FileTree initialization [Was 🎄 Merry christmas 🎄]</font>
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<div class="PlainText">#initialize is sent to all newly loaded classes which implement it<br>
directly. So, sending it explicitly is unnecessary, and dangerous, as <br>
Eliot pointed it out.<br>
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Levente<br>
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On Sun, 15 Dec 2019, Eliot Miranda wrote:<br>
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> Hi All,<br>
> <br>
> Christoph, first off all thank you!! A lovely idea.<br>
> <br>
> Second of all, I notice in <a href="https://github.com/LinqLover/XmasDecorations/blob/master/packages/BaselineOfXmasDecorations.package/BaselineOfXmasDecorations.class/instance/postLoad.st">https://github.com/LinqLover/XmasDecorations/blob/master/packages/BaselineOfXmasDecorations.package/BaselineOfXmasDecorations.class/instance/postLoad.st</a>
the following:<br>
> <br>
> scripts<br>
> postLoad<br>
> (PackageInfo named: #XmasDecorations) classes do: #initialize.<br>
> XmasDecorations install.<br>
> XmasDecorationsController open.<br>
> Is this the default code generated for initializations? If so, it is very dangerous, because if a class *doesn't* implement initialize this will end up running the superclass's initialize, which could be disastrous.<br>
> <br>
> Instead this code should read something like<br>
> <br>
> scripts<br>
> postLoad<br>
> (PackageInfo named: #XmasDecorations) classes do: [:class| (class class includesSelector: #initialize.<br>
> XmasDecorations install.<br>
> XmasDecorationsController open.<br>
> On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 11:09 AM Thiede, Christoph <Christoph.Thiede@student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Dear all!<br>
> <br>
><br>
> It's now one and a half year since I met Smalltalk and Squeak. And I am convinced that it was the best thing that could have happened to me! I am very grateful that this beautiful ecosystem exists, a haven of simple expressivity and usability, of liveness
and explorability, and a haven of<br>
> collaborativity. And I am even more grateful that still in 2019, where more and more hip, short-lived environments & languages attract your attention (of which, certainly, many may be smart and useful, but most definitely, hardly anyone will come close
to Squeak in terms of abstraction<br>
> and modifiability) - even today, you are being here and keep contributing to Squeak!<br>
><br>
> I would like to thank you for all the energy you daily put into development and maintenance of Squeak, and for being such a great community.<br>
><br>
> </laudation> ;-)<br>
> <br>
><br>
> This year, I had the idea to celebrate Squeak with a small collection of XmasDecorations. These include several small modifications of the Trunk image, with the aim to bring the Christmas spirit into our favorite system. They're nothing special, but
I think they are a good example<br>
> for the advantages of Squeak's universal extensibility:<br>
> <br>
><br>
> [IMAGE]<br>
> <br>
><br>
> Features include, but are not limited to:<br>
><br>
> ⭐ a Christmas theme (compatible with your preferred UI theme, supports both light & dark mode)<br>
><br>
> ⭐ a new full-screen WallpaperMorph<br>
><br>
> ⭐ dynamic snow blizzards (with performance optimization)<br>
><br>
> ⭐ and further, more or less hidden features!<br>
> <br>
><br>
> If you would like to download it, you are cordially invited to do so! Everything you need to do is:<br>
><br>
> 1. Update your Trunk image<br>
> 2. Do it:<br>
> <br>
> Metacello new<br>
> baseline: 'XmasDecorations';<br>
> repository: 'github://LinqLover/XmasDecorations:release/packages';<br>
> load.<br>
> 3. And don't be afraid of Christmas Every Day, the integrated Christmas Detection™ will automatically undecorate your image on January, 6th (unless you opt-out via Apps > XmasDecorations)!<br>
> The graphics were created in cooperation with a few fellow students and a lot of Google; but in the main, I'm an enthusiast in terms of software design, not of graphics design, so don't expect an artistic masterpiece :P<br>
> <br>
> The source code can be found on GitHub. I don't need to say that every kind of feedback or contribution is highly welcome.<br>
> <br>
> I would like to wish you lots of fun with XmasDecorations & Squeak in general, and a merry Christmas time, online as well as offline.<br>
> <br>
> Best regards,<br>
> Christoph<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> --<br>
> _,,,^..^,,,_<br>
> best, Eliot<br>
> <br>
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