Hi goran,

You did not read well what I say. I said that we would help and 
maintain traits
if it happens that people want it.

But traits are dead simple. Our main problems right now are with 
****Squeak code**** not with traits code. Don't misunderstand me. The 
only complex part in traits that I can see is the cache mechanism for 
the browser, which is not linked with the run-time system.


A trait is a methodDict shared among multiple class. So when they are 
composed you add, remove entries in the method dictionary or copy 
compiled method between method dictionary. Nothing more. So 
metaclass-Behavior-classBuilder are far much complex.

But again I suggest that people play with them, evaluate what they 
could do with them.
Before having traits in Squeak I would like to have a test suite for 
traits and also have a mini image completely trait based.

Stef


On Sunday, February 16, 2003, at 02:59 PM, goran.hultgren at bluefish.se 
wrote:

> Standing on the side here...
>
> A few of the postings from Stephane has probably
> mistakenly/unintentionally sounded like "Ok, Squeakers - either you do
> this and this or we will leave...". I understand Jim's reaction, but I
> don't think it was intentional from Stephane.
>
> Ok. But there is indeed one important thing to note here - and please -
> these are just my personal reflections.
>
> As one of the people committed to Squeak I would not like us to adopt
> technology that will really affect Squeak to the core - if not the
> principal people behind that technology is devoted to Squeak and to the
> community and will "hang on even if the road gets bumpy". What am I
> trying to say? Well, I would really hate the following scenario:
>
> 1. The community adopts Traits (still a long term gradual thing of
> course). Nathanael is AFAIK the principal engineer behind the code.
> Perhaps this stuff is so complex and to the core of Squeak that few
> others can help out and/or maintain it.
>
> 2. Along the way "the guys in Bern" decide that, nah - Squeak wasn't 
> the
> proper vehicle for our research. It may be due to some choices in the
> community that doesn't turn out to the liking of "the guys in Bern" - 
> or
> whatever. And "the guys in Bern" simply jumps off the ship and start
> using Smalltalk-younameit instead.
>
> And then here we are, left with a system we don't understand, with a
> halfbaked new browser/parser etc. etc. That wouldn't be good. It could
> all turn out similarly to 3.3alpha (even if it would be partly due to
> other reasons) where we ended up with a halfbaked system we couldn't
> move forward.
>
> So... please tell me that I am paranoid and that the above will not
> happen. :-)
>
> regards, Göran
>
>
>
Prof. Dr. Stéphane DUCASSE (ducasse at iam.unibe.ch) 
http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~ducasse/
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  different? ... especially if, by doing something different, today
  might not be your last day on earth" Calvin&Hobbes