[squeak-dev] FileList2>listForPattern(s): and MessageSend abuse

tim Rowledge tim at rowledge.org
Thu Oct 5 01:27:39 UTC 2017


> On 04-10-2017, at 5:26 PM, Bob Arning <arning315 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> It was an experiment from the summer of 2000. It was where expandable hierarchical directory lists were added. It also added some features that were wanted in EToys at the time. Some time later, some of its features were rolled back into FileList.

Thanks Bob. I’m glad someone can remember that far back!

Don’t suppose you recall anything about why it is subclassed from StringHolder? That really does seem odd...

tim
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