I used to think trying to "categorize" things into Smalltalk vm
thisOrThat and Smalltalk platform thisOrThat, etc. was a good idea
until Andreas' argument (IIRC) opened my eyes and convinced me
otherwise.

IIRC, it was that it creates, for the user, an unnecessary mental
exercise in language-parsing semantics every time one is required to
access through them.  Is #xyz part of the "vm" or part of the
"platform"?  Should I look it up or risk a bug?  For users engrossed
in the world of Smalltalk, the system-variables external to that world
do not need to categorized.  Just, "Smalltalk" is simpler.


On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 2:49 AM, Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 25 July 2013 08:46,  <commits at source.squeak.org> wrote:
>> Frank Shearar uploaded a new version of Network to project The Trunk:
>> http://source.squeak.org/trunk/Network-fbs.142.mcz
>>
>> ==================== Summary ====================
>>
>> Name: Network-fbs.142
>> Author: fbs
>> Time: 25 July 2013, 8:46:43.161 am
>> UUID: 6e2a56e3-7200-e843-976b-70b6a274d722
>> Ancestors: Network-fbs.141
>>
>> SmalltalkImage current -> Smalltalk.
>>
>> =============== Diff against Network-fbs.141 ===============
>>
>> Item was changed:
>>   ----- Method: InternetConfiguration class>>shutDown (in category 'system startup') -----
>>   shutDown
>> +       (Smalltalk platformName =  'Mac OS') ifTrue: [
>> -       (SmalltalkImage current platformName =  'Mac OS') ifTrue: [
>>                         HTTPSocket stopUsingProxyServer]
>>
>>   !
>>
>> Item was changed:
>>   ----- Method: InternetConfiguration class>>startUp (in category 'system startup') -----
>>   startUp
>> +       (Smalltalk platformName =  'Mac OS') ifTrue: [
>> -       (SmalltalkImage current platformName =  'Mac OS') ifTrue: [
>>                 self useHTTPProxy ifTrue: [
>>                          (self getHTTPProxyHost findTokens: ':') ifNotEmpty: [:p |
>>                                 HTTPSocket useProxyServerNamed: p first port: p second asInteger]]]!
>
> Checking for strings is... not the best thing you could do. I'd _much_
> rather see something like "Smalltalk platform isMacOS" or similar.
>
> frank
>