Hi ned

What I just want is to change self in a comment by selfClass or class.
I think that this is not dan that did what I'm looking for. I remember 
a person posting a VW like behavior
for comment interpretation.
>> I was so used to this browser trick that I never realized how it
>> could be dangerous for newbie.
>> Imagine self in comment and in the code represent different object:
>> instance and its class.
>
> Which object instance? You don't have a specific one if you're working
> with code.

Exactly that's why self should not represent the class in the comment.
But we should use a different keyword.

>
>> So I would like to know if we could change or introduce another
>> browser trick class
>> selfClass
>>
>>
>> this way we could have
>>
>> 	"selfClass new xxx"
>>
>> and not
>>
>> 	"self new xxx"
>
> Do you mean you want to get rid of "self" in that context?
>

in method comment's yes

I want

myMethod
	"selfClass new mymethod"

	self doSomething

and not

myMethod
	"self new my method"
	
	self doSomething







>> Is the author of the previous trick around?
>
> Looks like it's Dan Ingalls, from early code:
>
> di 5/10/1998 21:38 ‚ do-its ‚ 4 implementors ‚ in no change set ‚
>
> ParagraphEditor>>doIt
> 	"Set the context to include pool vars of the model.  Then evaluate."
> 	^ self evaluateSelection.
>
> Though on ParagraphEditor>>evaluateSelection we see Bob Arning's
> initials:
>
> RAA 2/5/2001 10:43 ‚ do-its ‚ 1 implementor ‚ in no change set ‚
>
> Looking at this, we see that it's possible for the browser model
> itself to specify the context for the evaluation:
>
> Browser>>doItReceiver
> 	"This class's classPool has been jimmied to be the classPool of the
> class
> 	being browsed. A doIt in the code pane will let the user see the
> value of
> 	the class variables."
>
> 	^ self selectedClass ifNil: [FakeClassPool new]
>
> So the attached is a simple hack that does just this. Maybe I'm
> missing something important here.
>
> This is a browser in which doIt, printIt, etc. contexts are made safe
> with respect to "self".
> Evaluating "selfClass" will give you the class being browsed.
>
> try:
> SafetyBrowser fullOnClass: SafetyBrowser
>
> Note that the class pools and shared pools are NOT copies, so changes
> to them can affect the original class. This is due to the use of
> FakeClassPool all over the place (though FakeClassPool could be
> changed to use copies, of course, or could be made like
> SafeFakeClassPool is here to make these changes throughout the
> environment).
>
> -- 
> Ned Konz
> http://bike-nomad.com
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> <SafetyBrowser-nk.1.cs>
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