[BUG] Dictionary equality test

Bob Arning arning at charm.net
Sat Jun 15 01:19:02 UTC 2002


On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:43:57 -0700 (PDT) Chris Muller <afunkyobject at yahoo.com> wrote:
>I find it disappointing that = was implemented so liberally in Squeak.  =
>should only be implemented when there is absolutely NO ambiguity in the meaning
>of = with respect to that class.

I guess the counter-disappointment is: "Why are people using = without knowing what it means?" We could argue forever, I suppose, about what = SHOULD do in various cases, but if you are depending on what it DOES do without knowing for sure, shame on you! ;-)

Cheers,
Bob



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