[KCP] SystemDictionary cleaning: Comments and design

Stephane Ducasse ducasse at iam.unibe.ch
Fri Jun 13 08:57:26 UTC 2003


Hi Bob

I like the idea, so we could add that after the deprecation statement.

Stef

On Friday, June 13, 2003, at 03:16 AM, Bob Arning wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 11:51:20 +1200 (NZST) "Richard A. O'Keefe" 
> <ok at cs.otago.ac.nz> wrote:
>>    "Smalltalk condenseChanges
>>     is now (SourceManager condenseChanges).
>>     Smalltalk sourcesName
>>     is now (SourceManager sourcesName).
>>     Smalltalk bytesLeft
>>     is now (MemoryManager bytesLeft).
>>     ..."
>>
>> I want this stuff where the browser can find it.
>> For example, suppose I type
>>    Smalltalk bytesLeft
>> in a workspace, and get a MNU.  Then I can ask for "sources with it",
>> and be pointed right to the place I want.
>
> Well, finding senders is quite a bit faster than finding method source 
> containing something, so why not write
>
> 	[Smalltalk condenseChanges] isNow: [SourceManager condenseChanges].
> 	[Smalltalk sourcesName] isNow: [SourceManager sourcesName].
> 	[Smalltalk bytesLeft] isNow: [MemoryManager bytesLeft].
>
> and you can search for the old version and find the new (or search for 
> the new and find the old). Plus, you can search for senders of #isNow: 
> to find all such changes.
>
> Cheers,
> Bob
>
>
>



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