2011/5/31 info@tomsik.cz info@tomsik.cz:
It's not my idea, it was just interesting and I'd be glad to see some evolution (even pink plane) of squeak. I do not propose anything - but array literals just stink, they're another concept, which IMHO could be implemented in the very same way as control operators were.
My question was not about array literals, it was about evolution of squeak - if something like this is at least planned?
Right question contains half of the answer. If you ask about language/system evolution in general, i think you will get more extended answers. Because array literals is really too little detail to care of. One way or another, but you still need to provide a way how to efficiently represent array literals in code. And i don't see anything which could be so much powerful comparing to existing syntax. Some other languages have syntax constructs even for more complex stuff: hash tables aka dictionaries. Yes, syntax maybe ugly and looking weird, but nevertheless, it serves its purpose: it provides a way to represent a hash table in source code.
Because I couldn't find any "long-process-plan".