[squeak-dev] Re: Smalltalk vs SmalltalkImage current woes

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Fri Jul 24 16:38:07 UTC 2009


Igor Stasenko wrote:
> I am currently using the Cuis, which doesn't having a 'SmalltalkImage
> current' refactoring..

Ah, one of my favorite rant subjects. First, it's not a refactoring; 
refactorings leave the public interfaces intact (I really hate it when 
people call random rewrites "refactoring" code). Secondly I'm still 100% 
behind what I wrote here about Smalltalk vs. "SamlltalkImage current":

http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2007-June/118175.html

I'm very glad to hear that Cuis doesn't use SmalltalkImage.

> Now, Smalltalk == SmalltalkImage current and everyone is happy:
>  - dictionary lives in separate ivar,
>  - fat & boring housekeeping stuff lives in SmalltalkImage instance.
> 
> What you think?

I think it's a definitive improvement to the current situation.

Cheers,
   - Andreas





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