[VM-dev] Names versus attribute numbers (was: Re: adding external plugins to Squeak 4.2 on the Mac)

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 20.07.2011, at 04:40, David T. Lewis wrote:

> So in my view it is a good thing to use explicit names, even
> if it does have some technical disadvantages.
> 
> Dave


Should the primitives take symbolic names too, then? They could easily be changed to accept a string in addition to an index.

- Bert -