[squeak-dev] Separator character in class names
Trygve Reenskaug
trygver at ifi.uio.no
Thu Nov 20 19:25:13 UTC 2014
Many thanks. Sound good. I'll try it ASAP
The Squeak-dev list impressive. It has never failed me and has given
answers within a few hours. (May be it was you who replied previously
too, Eliot?)
On 20.11.2014 20:11, Eliot Miranda wrote:
> Hi Trygve,
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:32 AM, Trygve Reenskaug <trygver at ifi.uio.no
> <mailto:trygver at ifi.uio.no>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I'm relying on decomposing composite class names.
> An example class name is /BB5aBank/
> I decompose it into /#(BB5a Bank)/ but am using ugly and
> error-prone hacks to achieve it.
> It would be very helpful if I could use some kind of separator in
> the class name, e.g., /BB5a:Bank/
>
> I've tried brute force by renaming class /BB5aBank /to /BB5a:Bank/
> This is permitted and Smalltalk points to the renamed class.
> Compiling a method that is using the new class name fails:
> /bank := /Expression expected ->/BB5a:Bank new/
>
> I've looked into the Parser code, but got lost.
>
>
> You probably need to dive down into the Scanner. For example if you
> used period and modified Scanner>>xLetter to not terminate the scan if
> it sees a period followed by a capital letter you'll likely be able to
> parse e.g. BB5a.Bank as a single token. If you look at the xLetter
> method you'll see it already tests self allowUnderscoreSelectors to
> accept underscores.
>
> Ah, so an alternative would be to make sure the
> allowUnderscoreSelecctors preference is set and use underscore as your
> separator.
>
> HTH
>
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>
> Anybody have any ideas?
>
> --Trygve
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> --
> best,
> Eliot
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