On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:20:43 +0200, Igor Stasenko wrote:

> 2008/8/31 Stéphane Rollandin :
>> Igor Stasenko a écrit :
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>>> My guess it can stay, but only as separate helper method, which reads
>>> a numbers and expecting non-smalltalk syntax.
>>
>> yes, useful for end-user input in numerical applications.
>> we could spare them the .2 = 2 experience...
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> Btw, everyone is content with such ambigility?
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> { 0.2.3.4.5.6 } printString '#(0.2 3.4 5.6)'

Why #printString, why evaluate things unneccessarily, why pollute .changes  
file?

In some Squeak .images the menu entry "pretty print" works (even before  
doing the first alt-s), so you can ask an expensive and unmatched expert  
system if it already understands what you mean ;)

>> Stef
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