Why so few binary method selectors? Because they're bad!

Stephen Pair spair at advantive.com
Wed Mar 17 00:15:12 UTC 1999


Peter William Lount writes:
> Readability is very important for Smalltalk code. If we're not carefull it
> will end up looking like apl code! Let's not get to crazy with those
> #&*%#$*#&%@*!$& binary selectors!
>
> sameObjectAs: would be better than sameAs: or ==.

I agree 100%.  Readability is of the utmost importance.  Use keyboard macros
if all you want to do is reduce key strokes.

- Stephen





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