An already installed image can be downloaded from  
http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~scg/Research/Traits/ 
Squeak3.7_Traits_beta2.1.zip (12.5MB). For people with decent internet  
access this is probably much faster than installing Traits into a fresh  
image.

Cheers,
Adrian

On Mar 10, 2005, at 3:15 PM, Adrian Lienhard wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> This release of Traits on SqueakMap is supposed to serve as  a first  
> demo for people who want to try out Traits and have a look at the  
> implementation. It also includes the implementation of the class  
> Complex as a simple example of using Traits.
>
> Please see the version comment below for more information.
>
> Adrian
>
>
> Traits Release beta2.1 for Squeak3.7
> ====================
>
> In this version the new language kernel featuring Traits is  
> refactored/bootstrapped. We consider the kernel being complete and  
> stable (gamma).
>
> Features concerning the user interface, especially the code browser,  
> that are crucial for getting the real "traits experience" are in work  
> and are not contained in this release. To be able to already use  
> Traits there is a basic traits browser which is based on OmniBrowser  
> (World menu->open->Traits Browser).
>
> This release now also contains a very simple example of Traits: the  
> implementation of Complex which was refactored to share a trait with  
> the class Number to avoid code duplication.
>
> Please find more information and papers about Traits at:
> http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~scg/Research/Traits
>
> Installation
> ------------
> The implementation is available as a SAR file on SqueakMap. It is  
> tested in a new fresh 3.7 image. Prerequisite package is Monticello.
>
> Please note, that the installation takes about 30 Minutes (depending  
> on the speed of your machine) because it needs to recompile all the  
> classes in the image. (This is a consequence of the fact that we had  
> to change the format of the kernel classes.)
>
>
> Getting Started
> ---------------
> Open the Traits OmniBrowser: World Menu -> open -> Traits Browser
> Create a new trait: Open the context menu in the class/trait pane and  
> select "create trait..."
>
>
> UI Limitations of this release
> -----------
> - There are still many features missing that are absolutely essential  
> for getting the real "traits experience", but these are mainly related  
> to the UI and IDE. For example:
>   - There are no virtual categories that present the conflicts and  
> glue methods of a composite class/trait.
>   - There is no automatic computation of requirements
>   - There is no information that shows which traits/classes provide or  
> require the currently selected methods
>   - There is no support for turning classes into trait
>
>
>
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