A new version of Sound was added to project The Trunk: http://source.squeak.org/trunk/Sound-wiz.18.mcz
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Name: Sound-wiz.18 Author: wiz Time: 28 April 2010, 4:08:23.052 pm UUID: 234c49bf-dace-4b55-83b1-beee75a189de Ancestors: Sound-nice.15
Ok this is a resubmission of String>>sound now names String>>#asSound in compliance with Bert's preference.
I have fixed the nits.
I have discussed why I believe this is the right word rather than asSound on the mailing list. Squeak-dev 2010. I have not heard back from Bert. He still is in favor of this form over my preference. Authority matters so we are now in compliance. Usage:
"'click' asSound play" will play a click sound from the sound library. Any name missing from the sound library will return a default sound to be played. Currently the default is the same as Beeper default.
The purpose of the selector is to be a facade to allow access to sounds by name. Currently this only covers the Sampled Sound sound library and the default sound.
However, the contract is only that " 'name' asSound " return a playable object. So in the future this could be expanded to check other sound libraries as well before relying on the default.
=============== Diff against Sound-nice.15 ===============
Item was added: + ----- Method: String>>asSound (in category '*sound-synthesis') ----- + asSound + "Return a sound. Either from the sound library via SampleSound or + else the Beeper default" + ^ SampledSound + soundNamed: self + ifAbsent: [Beeper default]!