On Dimanche, sep 7, 2003, at 16:15 Europe/Zurich, Andreas Raab wrote:

> Very simple to do (both in theory and praxis) but what do you replace 
> it
> with once they are removed? "Namespace variables" seem like a somewhat 
> ...
> err .. abstract concept to me which may turn out harder to explain than
> class variables or pools.

It depends in the Smalltalk of lars bak he has:
	a class is defined in a namespace and you can define variable in 
namespace too.
	He does not have any pool or classVar.

Stef

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> Cheers,
>   - Andreas
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org
>> [mailto:squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On
>> Behalf Of ducasse
>> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 12:40 PM
>> To: The list
>> Subject: Need feedback on one idea
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>>
>> Hi
>>
>> after seeing a talk at ESUG, I was wondering how difficult it
>> would be
>> to remove classVar and Pool from classes and replace them with
>> namespace variables. I would like to give a try just to see all the
>> problems. I already have my own list:
>> 	- I'm not sure I would like to have namespace import for example
>> 	- how to initialize variables....
>>
>> Do you have any experience/idea/related work on this topic?
>>
>> Stef
>>
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