Would it be more flexible as a class-instance var even with no added
complexity?

On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 1:21 AM <commits at source.squeak.org> wrote:

> Marcel Taeumel uploaded a new version of Kernel to project The Trunk:
> http://source.squeak.org/trunk/Kernel-mt.1437.mcz
>
> ==================== Summary ====================
>
> Name: Kernel-mt.1437
> Author: mt
> Time: 26 December 2021, 8:21:42.050619 am
> UUID: 28086a0b-8543-4f44-9c9f-7e63d3028f7f
> Ancestors: Kernel-ct.1436
>
> Makes #acceptsLoggingOfCompilation a preference that can be disabled. See
> commentary #logCompiledSources. Classes can still override this preference
> but should follow a "super acceptsLoggingOfCompilation and: [...]" pattern.
>
> Thanks to Tim (tpr) for figuring out the mechanics and testing it
> throughout the year!
>
> =============== Diff against Kernel-ct.1436 ===============
>
> Item was changed:
>   Behavior subclass: #ClassDescription
>         instanceVariableNames: 'instanceVariables organization'
> +       classVariableNames: 'AcceptsLoggingOfCompilation TraitImpl'
> -       classVariableNames: 'TraitImpl'
>         poolDictionaries: ''
>         category: 'Kernel-Classes'!
>
>   !ClassDescription commentStamp: '<historical>' prior: 0!
>   I add a number of facilities to basic Behaviors:
>         Named instance variables
>         Category organization for methods
>         The notion of a name of this class (implemented as subclass
> responsibility)
>         The maintenance of a ChangeSet, and logging changes on a file
>         Most of the mechanism for fileOut.
>
>   I am an abstract class, in particular, my facilities are intended for
> inheritance by two subclasses, Class and Metaclass.
>
>   The slots 'organization' and 'methodDict' should ONLY be accessed by
> message in order for things to work during
> ImageSegment>>discoverActiveClasses (q.v.).!
>
> Item was added:
> + ----- Method: ClassDescription class>>logCompiledSources (in category
> 'compiling') -----
> + logCompiledSources
> +       <preference: 'Log compilations to changes file'
> +               category: 'general'
> +               description: 'If enabled, the code being compiled will get
> logged to the changes file. Disabling allows loading code with no changes
> file in use. See also #warnIfNoChangesFile and #warnIfNoSourcesFile and
> #readDocumentAtStartup. You can configure a silent image/DoItFirst for,
> e.g., server environments.'
> +               type: #Boolean>
> +
> +       ^ AcceptsLoggingOfCompilation ifNil: [true]!
>
> Item was added:
> + ----- Method: ClassDescription class>>logCompiledSources: (in category
> 'compiling') -----
> + logCompiledSources: aBoolean
> +       ^ AcceptsLoggingOfCompilation := aBoolean!
>
> Item was changed:
>   ----- Method: ClassDescription>>acceptsLoggingOfCompilation (in category
> 'compiling') -----
>   acceptsLoggingOfCompilation
>         "weird name is so that it will come lexically before #compile, so
> that a clean build can make it through.  7/7/96 sw"
>
> +       ^AcceptsLoggingOfCompilation ifNil: [true]!
> -       ^ true!
>
>
>
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