On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 02:50:24 -0000, Aaron Gray <angray at beeb.net> wrote:

>>> The main problem I seem to have with looking at code is seeing what  
>>> class certain methods are for example in :-
>>>
>>> (Smalltalk reject: [:item | item class isMeta ])
>>>   associationsDo: [:assoc  | Transcript show: assoc key printString;  
>>> cr].
>>>
>>> What class is key, if I look at Association I see key returns a key,  
>>> but what class is that key that printString is being applied to ?
>>> I find this same problem over and over, is there a simple solution ? I  
>>> may have been given the answer at somepoint but cannot remember.
>>
>> You can put a self halt before the "Transcript show" to find out.
>
> Err, tried it, but cannot see how ?

Click debug, then inspect assoc (or assoc key) from the debugger.  
Inspectors show the class of the object it is looking at in the window  
title bar. Explorers don't.

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HweeBoon
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