I always use

	{'foo' -> 'bar'. 'hello' -> 'world'} as: Dictionary

so I haven't run into that problem ...

I'm not sure tinkering with Dictionary>>addAll: is a good idea. It certainly is counter-intuitive, but consistent.

- Bert -

On 24.08.2010, at 09:46, Nicolas Cellier wrote:

> You mean you'd like to use associationsDo: like in Dictionary class>newFrom: ?
> OK, it would work both for a list of associations and a Dictionary argument.
> 
> Con: IMHO Collection>>associationsDo: is a tricky hack, and I don't like it.
> Pro: since the trick is already in use, Squeak behaviour would be a
> bit more homogeneous and less surprising.
> 
> Nicolas
> 
> 2010/8/24 Andreas Raab <andreas.raab at gmx.de>:
>> Hm ... tell me what you *think* this code would do:
>> 
>>  dict := Dictionary withAll: {'foo' -> 'bar'. 'hello' -> 'world'}.
>> 
>> then run it. Does that seem right to you?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>>  - Andreas
>> 
>> 
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