Many thanks to all who replied with advice.
Here is an update on the matter for those interested.
DynamicVariable is a subclass (variableWordSubclass) of FloatArray. FloatArray new: 2 works! Therefore because DynamicVariable is a subclass of FloatArray DynamicVariable new: 2 should work, but id didnt for me.
A partial solution to my problem was provided by Yoshiki Ohshima who reported getting no error when executing
dv2 _ DynamicVariable new: 2
with DynamicVariable variable defined as a subclass of FloatArray.
That means I am doing something wrong. I tried to define another class DynamicVariable2 in the same way, and do not get an error message when doing
dv2 _ DynamicVariable new: 2
Great!
But still my identically defined DynamicVariable still does not understand #new: (tried both Squeak 3.7 and 3.8 with identical results)
Obviously something is wrong somewhere in my system. Dont know yet what.
Thanks again
Joaquin
Dr. Joaquin Sitte, Associate Professor. School of Software Engineering and Data Communication Faculty of Information Technology Queensland University of Technology GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Q 4001 Australia Phone +61 7 3864 2755 Fax +61 7 3864 1801 e-mail: j.sitte@qut.edu.au homepage http://www.fit.qut.edu.au/~sitte
-----Original Message----- From: beginners-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:beginners- bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Yoshiki Ohshima Sent: Tuesday, 27 June 2006 03:34 To: A friendly place to get answers to even the most basic questionsabout Squeak. Subject: Re: [Newbies] variableWordSubclass:
Joaquin,
I wish to create a subclass of FloatArray for a dynamic system
simulation. When creating the class with #subclass: the
method is automatically changed to #variableWordSubclass: as follows
FloatArray variableWordSubclass: #DynamicVariable
That is fine. But when I wish to create an instance
dv2 _ DynamicVariable new: 2
I get an error telling me that #new: is not understood. However #new: is
understood by the superclass #FloatArray. Why?
I tried this and didn't get any error. I managed to create an instance of DynamicVariable with two slots.
And, by the way, the method #variableWordSubclass cannot be found with
Method Finder. Why?
I'm not sure how you did this, but if you select from the "v" to "s" above and press Ctrl-w (or Alt-Shift-w), you'll see the selectors that contains the selected string as a part.
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