[squeak-dev] Deprecating #ifNotNilDo: & friends
christoph.thiede at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de
christoph.thiede at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de
Sat Sep 18 12:59:47 UTC 2021
> > A simple compiler warning in the Transcript might work. Like we have for Undeclared and shadowed variables ...
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> Ah. This is something I do not like, at least not in the simplistic sense of writing to the Transcript.
> a) may very well not have an open Transcript
> b) may be compiling code in a system where nobody could ever see a Transcript
> c) can't handle the error
>
> A suitable exception, perhaps with a defaultAction to write to a Transcript, would be easier to live with.
+1. I would vote for a new subclass of ParserNotification - maybe let's make it configurable, but I would even prefer to get a small DialogWindow similar for "unused temp vars" etc. if I try to use a deprecated selector.
Best,
Christoph
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On 2021-09-10T09:57:21-07:00, tim at rowledge.org wrote:
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> > On 2021-09-10, at 1:52 AM, Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de> wrote:
> >
> > A simple compiler warning in the Transcript might work. Like we have for Undeclared and shadowed variables ...
>
> Ah. This is something I do not like, at least not in the simplistic sense of writing to the Transcript.
> a) may very well not have an open Transcript
> b) may be compiling code in a system where nobody could ever see a Transcript
> c) can't handle the error
>
> A suitable exception, perhaps with a defaultAction to write to a Transcript, would be easier to live with.
>
> tim
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