You could have a look at MiniSMock (for VA Smalltalk):
http://vastgoodies.com/maps/MiniSMock

Fabio Niephaus <lists at fniephaus.com> schrieb am Mo., 27. Apr. 2020, 09:22:

> Instead of DynamicObject, couldn't you just introduce a very slim subclass
> of Dictionary, because such objects are really just dictionaries? I'm
> assuming you're just redirecting calls via DNU anyway? Something like a
> MessageDictionary or DispatchingDictionary maybe?
>
> Fabio
>
> On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 at 9:05 am, Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Christoph.
>>
>> > And you should *really* only use this in tests :-)
>>
>> Then, as a first step, re-design (and re-name) DynamicObject to not be
>> confused with other use cases. What about mapping the idea of Dictionary
>> class >> #newFrom: to Class or ClassDescription? Make it easier to
>> add/remove methods to/from classes in scripts and tests.
>>
>> Best,
>> Marcel
>>
>> Am 26.04.2020 20:10:15 schrieb Thiede, Christoph <
>> christoph.thiede at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de>:
>>
>> I agree with all your comments about confusion.
>>
>> Still, there is one thing you could do with this approach of
>> "DynamicObjects" which our usual meta protocol does not support afaik:
>>
>>
>> d := DynamicObject withMethods: {
>>     'somePrefix*' -> [:sel | sel allButFirst: 'somePrefix' size].
>>     'selector(Regex)+' asRegex -> [:match | match size - 'selector' size
>> / 'Regex' size]
>> } asDictionary.
>> d somePrefixBanana. "'Banana'"
>> d selectorRegexRegexRegex. "3"
>>
>>
>> And you should *really* only use this in tests :-)
>>
>> @Torge: Interesting point. I could only find a ReverseTrampoline
>> <http://www.metaobject.com/downloads/Squeak/HOM.cs> (by googling for
>> smalltalk "subclass trampoline"). :-)
>>
>> Best,
>> Christoph
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *Von:* Squeak-dev <squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org> im
>> Auftrag von Taeumel, Marcel
>> *Gesendet:* Montag, 20. April 2020 11:03 Uhr
>> *An:* gettimothy via Squeak-dev
>> *Betreff:* Re: [squeak-dev] DynamicObjects
>>
>> Uhh! This feels like JavaScript ... :o) I would rather work on improving
>> Squeak's meta-object protocol and with it class construction and
>> refinement. Especially for tests. Let's not undermine the idea of having
>> classes in Smalltalk.
>>
>> -1 for DynamicObject.
>>
>> Objects in Squeak/Smalltalk are quite dynamic already. That name is
>> misleading. :-)
>>
>> Best,
>> Marcel
>>
>> Am 18.04.2020 19:55:05 schrieb Thiede, Christoph <
>> christoph.thiede at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de>:
>>
>> d := DynamicObject withMethods: {
>>
>> #origin -> [2 @ 3].
>>
>> #corner -> [3 @ 7] } asDictionary.
>>
>> d origin "2 at 3"
>>
>>
>> Did we already have something like this for Squeak? May this become a
>> pattern for situations where you actually don't need a class (e. g., when
>> writing very small mock objects for tests)?
>>
>>
>> d := DynamicObject new.
>>
>> d xxxMethodAt: #foo put: [self inform: 'Hi!'].
>>
>> d xxxMethodAt: #foo: put: [:x | x halt].
>>
>> d foo: 3.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Christoph
>>
>>
>>
>
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