Andreas Raab <andreas.raab <at> gmx.de> writes:

> ... snip due to gmane policy :( ...
> 
> 	anEvent itemKind = SystemChangeNotifier methodKind and:[anEvent isRemoved]
> 
> and just replace them with something like "anEvent isMethodRemoval". It 
> would likely be faster too, since most places aren't really interested 
> in *all* events either.
> 
> It would mean that Announcents would have to go core but this cleanup 
> alone seems worth it. I also suspect that adding Announcements and 
> fixing SystemChangeNotifier may remove more code than it would add.
> 
> How do people feel about that?
> 
> Cheers,
>    - Andreas
> 
> 

Sure. ++ for Announcements.
But one thing just annoys me: uncontrolled proliferation of #is* messages.
Why general Announcement framework should know about every specific annoucement
for example implementing isMethodRemoval ?
That makes me think of the Newspeak doesNotUnderstand hack which install an
invisible ^false method at root object...

Nicolas