Hi all --

If you don't like to use #in:, this is probably not for you.

However, if you occasionally use #in: to tweak longer cascades or to avoid a method-local temps in favor of block-scopes, #allIn: expands #in: to multiple variables.

#in: and #allIn: would allow you to work with an extra scope (and names) to clarify your code as needed. It's not without alternatives. Regular temps can do everything that #in: can do.

| instance |
instance := Morph new.
self addMorph: instance.
^ instance

vs.

^ Morph new
   in: [:instance | self addMorph: instance];
   yourself

It's not that important. :-) The second style makes it easier to be commented-out in its entirety, for example.

Here is another example for using fresh bindings:

{ SomePreferenceObject . PreferenceObject new } allIn: [:old :new |
   ...
   SomePreferenceObject := new].

#allIn: seems not too important since it can easily be simulated with #in:. Not sure. Probably needs more use cases. During the past years, I only found very few situations where I would prefer #in: over extra temps. I one case, my goal was a one-liner to make the text-diff look more compact. =)

Best,
Marcel
Am 27.10.2021 14:51:42 schrieb Thiede, Christoph <christoph.thiede at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de>:
Hi Marcel, could you maybe share some practical examples for #allIn:? I know that many people dislike #in:, too, as it can be used as just another dubious dispatch ...

Best,
Christoph
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Betreff: [squeak-dev] The Inbox: Collections-mt.961.mcz
 
A new version of Collections was added to project The Inbox:
http://source.squeak.org/inbox/Collections-mt.961.mcz [http://source.squeak.org/inbox/Collections-mt.961.mcz]

==================== Summary ====================

Name: Collections-mt.961
Author: mt
Time: 27 October 2021, 1:27:04.102238 pm
UUID: ff529f7f-b6c8-da48-91cf-201db580c537
Ancestors: Collections-eem.960

Propose addition of #allIn:. See comment. Please review and discuss.

=============== Diff against Collections-eem.960 ===============

Item was added:
+ ----- Method: Array>>allIn: (in category 'accessing') -----
+ allIn: aBlock
+        "Use the receivers contents as arguments for aBlock. Truncate not needed arguments, fill in missing ones with nil. Similar to #groupsDo: for single block invocation. Use it to avoid nested calls of #in:.
+       
+        Note that this is implemented here in Array to allow its use only in literal arrays."
+       
+        ^ aBlock valueWithEnoughArguments: self!


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