[squeak-dev] bug? / where is Squeak 4.4
Frank Shearar
frank.shearar at gmail.com
Wed Mar 6 21:08:58 UTC 2013
Right, I'm having trouble deleting this file. Just imagine it's gone
until we sort out the permissions problem.
frank
On 4 March 2013 21:58, Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com> wrote:
> That's my fault. I'd _like_ to have the version name relate to the
> source filename, but it doesn't. Use SqueakV41.sources. I'll go remove
> the SqueakV44.sources, as I should have done a while ago. Sorry for
> the confusion!
>
> frank
>
> On 4 March 2013 20:55, Ken G. Brown <kbrown at mac.com> wrote:
>> I just recently downloaded from ftp://ftp.squeak.org/4.4/
>> I tried the SqueakV44.sources but apparently something in the image is looking for SqueakV41.sources
>>
>> Ken G. Brown
>>
>> On 2013-03-04, at 1:45 PM, Ralph Boland wrote:
>>
>>> I am using Squeak 3.10 but am planning to port my code to Squeak 4.4 soon.
>>> Today I discovered that method ClassBuilder>>validateClassName:
>>> aString appears to expect a string as a parameter but in fact
>>> requires a symbol.
>>>
>>> e.g. (ClassBuilder new validateClassName: 'Smalltalk') returns true.
>>> But: (ClassBuilder new validateClassName: #Smalltalk) generates a Warning:
>>>
>>> (Smalltalk already exists!
>>> Proceed will store over it.
>>>
>>> Select Proceed to continue, or close this window to
>>> cancel the operation.)
>>>
>>> The latter is correct although it is the caller of validateClassName:
>>> that is going to do
>>> the overwrite so (I think) it is inapproapriate for validateClassName:
>>> to generate the warning.
>>>
>>> Finally, I find it odd that both
>>>
>>> (ClassBuilder new validateClassName: #Class) returns true.
>>> and
>>> (ClassBuilder new validateClassName: #NotClass) returns true.
>>>
>>> Anyway, before reporting this as a bug, I decided to download Squeak 4.4 first
>>> (in preparation for porting) and verify that the bug is there also.
>>> But at www.squeak.org I only find Squeak 4.3.
>>> So where do I find Squeak 4.4?
>>>
>>> Finally, where do I find instructions on how to report this bug (if
>>> it exists in Squeak 4.4).
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Ralph Boland
>>>
>>
>>
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