rename of TestInterpreterPlugin to SmartSyntaxInterpreterPlugin

Bert Freudenberg bert at isg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de
Mon Jul 28 15:02:17 UTC 2003


Am Freitag, 25.07.03 um 21:55 Uhr schrieb Andreas Raab:

> Tim,
>
>> Before we close on the final version of the VMMaker package for 3.6 I
>> would like to check opinions on the renaming of TestInterpreterPlugin.
>>
>> Any plugins currently NOT in the VMMaker package that expect
>> to subclass from TestInterpreterPlugin will obviously have problems.
>> Are there any that cannot be altered? Is it worth putting in a 
>> backwards
>> compatability empty class for this release and considering the old 
>> name
>> as being sunsetted - ie gone in 3.7?
>
> Yes, let's deprecate it appropriately, e.g.,
>
> Object subclass: #TestInterpreterPlugin
>
> TestInterpreterPlugin class>>subclass:instanceVariableNames:...
> 	self deprecatedExplanation: 'TestInterpreterPlugin has been renamed.
> Please subclass from SmartInterpreterPlugin instead.'.
>
> and remove it in 3.7 or so.

I vote for SmartInterpreterPlugin too (instead of Tim's suggested 
SmartSyntaxInterpreterPlugin).

-- Bert



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