Hi all,

When I started learning Squeak I wondered why so much code duplication around unwinding: Context>>#restart, #resume:through:, #resumeEvaluating:, #terminate and #unwindTo: all implementing the exact same algorithm. Kernel-jar.1499 suggests removing all this duplicity while keeping the current unwind semantics. All Process and Exceptions tests are green.

This changeset is the first step in my effort to reduce the "noise" around the "collection" of resume/return methods in Context and Exception. One idea is to return calling the unwind mechanism back to the Exception class, as originally implemented in Squeak 2.x up to 3.5; please let me know if you find something fundamentally wrong with this idea.

Example: I find this call sequence begging for simplification:

Exception>>resume: --> resumeUnchecked: --> resumeEvaluating: --> Context>>returnEvaluating: --> resumeEvaluating:

Best,

Jaromir

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Jaromír Matas

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