Yoshiki Ohshima a écrit :
>   Eliot,
> 
>> (Alternatives that are indexed by integers might also work well, e.g. a flat WeakValueDictionary that used a WeakArray
>> for its values).
> 
>   Yes, there would be no reason to do basicNew.
> 
>   But I need to ask the same question Colin asked; what would we gain?
> For most of the time, characters are in strings so there are not many
> real instances around.  For writing a parser (hmm) it might make
> things a bit faster, but not much.
> 
>   Tagged immediate character objects would have been ok (like
> VisualWorks), but it puts some pressure on integers...
> 

Sure, 1 bit less.
This has to be thought again when 64 bits Squeak will spread.

Nicolas

> -- Yoshiki
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