Re: [Help-smalltalk] Community sprint

[Luca Bruno]

In data 29 settembre 2006 alle ore 11:52:55, Paolo Bonzini
<address@hidden> ha scritto:

> > > > What are my dreams:
> > > > 1) Have a good set of libraries
> > > > 2) Create scalable and portable applications in smalltalk (GST is the  
> > > > unique choice at the moment)
> > > 3) Have a decent and appealing scripting syntax -- no file-outs.
> > In what sense? You mean all that code for creating classes and methods  
> > should be reinvented for scripting?
> > Aren't file outs important for bringing out packages?
> Class name: #Number extend: #Object [
>     Method [
>         isNumber
>             ^true
>     ]
> ]
>
> or something like that.  No "exclamation-mark separated" file-outs.
>
> Paolo

That would change the syntax... maybe something like this would be
reproducible in a smalltalk-like way:

Object subclass: #Foo
        instanceVariableNames: 'a'
        instanceMethods: {
#'initialize-release' -> {
        'initialize
                a := ''foo'''
}.
#'accessing' -> {
        'a
                ^a'
}}
        ...
!

Logically, using a string is not the best way to define a method (using
#compile:category: in this case) but can be a useful thing at the
beginning.

Also, i see in Squeak that #new calls #initialize, i don't see this
behavior here, what about?

And the homepage? I can continue mine, hoping it'll be enough good to you
all :)

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