Thanks Bob and Frank,

I thought I had tried: {BlueWool. LimeWool} but must have done something
wrong and then just posted about #().

Lou

>The thing to remember is that #() is a literal array - the contents do 
>not depend on the state of the system when you write the expression. If 
>you want to include non-literal values, you can use braces
>
>{BlueWool. LimeWool}
>
>Cheers,
>Bob
>
>On 3/5/13 2:17 PM, Louis LaBrunda wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm sure we have all used the array creation shorthand: #(5 4 3 2 1).  When
>> trying to create an array with elements of a pool dictionary like:
>> #(BlueWool LimeWool) one ends up with an array of the symbolic names of the
>> pool dictionary entries and not their values: #(#BlueWool #LimeWool).
>>
>> IMHO this is almost useless.  If I wanted the symbols in an array I would
>> just use: #(#BlueWool #LimeWool) which looks like what was wanted and isn't
>> much more to type.  I think the values is what one would expect from:
>> #(BlueWool LimeWool) and not the symbols and I don't see any other
>> shorthand way to get them.
>>
>> VA Smalltalk works the same way.  I don't know about any other Smalltalk.
>> Both Smalltalks pretty print it the same way they do with any other pool
>> dictionary usage.
>>
>> I don't want to go so far as to call this a bug but I'm close.  I don't see
>> why one would want it to work this way and I can see great value in
>> building the array with the pool values.  Can we get this changed?  Does
>> anyone depend on the current implementation?
>>
>> Lou
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>> Keystone Software Corp.
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>>
>>
>>
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