On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Sean P. DeNigris <sean@clipperadams.com> wrote:

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I was thinking how beautiful this code could be if each class had it's own
encode method, like:
In method protocol *xmlrpc
Symbol>>encodeForXmlRpc
String>>encodeForXmlRpc
etc.

Yes, this is the Smalltalk way.

When you add a method to existing classes, you want to try to avoid name clashes. Pick a name that nobody else is likely to use. encodeForXmlRpc is a good name for that reason.

-Ralph Johnson