[Vm-dev] [squeak-dev] opening a write-only file

[Chris Muller]

>>>> IMO, some time we should replace the FilePlugin.  The directory interface sucks.   Buffering sucks.  We should go the VW route of having proper buffered files above the raw system calls (ReadFile & WriteFile in win32/64, read & write in unix et al).
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>>> Oh please. Almost everything about the current, ancient, horrible filesystem code is ancient and horrible. I?ts at least a decade past time it was replaced.

"Oh please" yourself!  As usual, your outburst offers no specific or
usable critique, just overstated drama.  You mentioned "ancient"
twice, isn't that true about Smalltalk in-general?

>> Should I bring this old chestnut back to life?
>>
>>  http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/2274
> I think it’s a decent start on the problem. We should consider the stuff Colin did a while back too. It really would be nice to have code that avoids the annoyance of finding strings  with fixed / or \ chars buried in there.

Are you still working in Squeak 3.8 or something?  Why not join the
rest of us in Squeak 4.5 where the use of String's to access and
manipulate the filesystem has been unnecessary and defunct for a good
4-5 years now?