[squeak-dev] SmalltalkImage semi-self-references

tim Rowledge tim at rowledge.org
Sat Jul 20 17:09:01 UTC 2013


On 20-07-2013, at 9:36 AM, Bob Arning <arning315 at comcast.net> wrote:

> When I see longer ways of saying something replacing shorter ways, I always wonder if the perceived benefit has been realized. Are there success stories out there for "SmalltalkImage current" enabling something cool that "Smalltalk" could not?

IIRC the original idea was that SystemDictionary was overloaded with nothing-to-do-with-dictionary methods and needed to go on a diet. I don't recall it being suggested that the smarter thing would have been to remove the *dictionary* stuff and put that somewhere else to use as an environment for compiling, leaving the useful system management methods attached to something called 'Smalltalk'. I really don't like the current (sic) setup where there is SmalltalkImage SystemNavigation and Smalltalk and probably other split out stuff I haven't even found.

Time for re-unification.

tim
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