[squeak-dev] Re: Announcements for class cleanUp protocol? (was Re: Class cleanUp protocol)

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Sun Feb 28 01:28:16 UTC 2010


I don't think so. Generally speaking, Announcements are events, not 
actions. Cleanups are actions, not events. If we need a list of 
exclusions then we can trivially add this to the current code without 
dragging Announcements into it.

Cheers,
   - Andreas

On 2/28/2010 2:01 AM, Tony Garnock-Jones wrote:
> keith wrote:
>> Someone will need cleanUpAllExcept:<list of classes>.
>
> Here's a thought: if Announcements were in, asking for a cleanUp would
> be an announcement. The cleanUp request would have been reified as a
> real object, complete with as much description of the reasons for the
> request as people see fit to provide.
>
> Furthermore, the temporary-subscription-disablement could be used to
> provide cleanUpAllExcept:.
>
> Regards,
>    Tony
>
>




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