Re: [Help-smalltalk] bug: Smalltalk snapshot: aString

[LD]

Hi there,

On 02/10/2005, at 6:26 PM, Stefan Schmiedl wrote:

> LD (02.10. 13:01):
>
> > Is the Smalltalk class use above an alias for SystemDictionary? How
> > does this all tie together in other words? Where is this behaviour
> > customised?
>
> Talk to the system:
>
> GNU Smalltalk ready
>
> st> Smalltalk class name !
> #SystemDictionary
> st> SystemDictionary allInstances !
> WeakArray new "<0x2a9617ecc0>"
> st> SystemDictionary allInstances size !
> 1
> st> SystemDictionary allInstances first = Smalltalk !
> true
>
> So you see that Smalltalk is an instance of SystemDictionary.
> The capital letter is used for "global" variables which are
> automatically looked up in the SystemDictionary instance referenced by
> the symbol #Smalltalk:
>
> st> Smalltalk at: #Object !
> Object
> st> Smalltalk at: #SystemDictionary !
> SystemDictionary
> st> Smalltalk at: #Smalltalk !
> SystemDictionary new: 512 "<0x2a96104030>"
> st> Smalltalk !
> SystemDictionary new: 512 "<0x2a96104030>"
>
> Smalltalk is interactive and introspective -- you just need to ask the
> right questions...

Cheers. That's helpful...

with regards,
--

LD