Re: [Help-smalltalk] Including files

[Mike Anderson]

Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Mike Anderson wrote:
> 
>> I must say that I don't think that the classes File and Directory have a
>> very clear idea of what they *are*, though.
> 
> I agree, though I'm not sure if I want to break compatibility now.  If
> we get a 3.0 we could think about it.

Yes (although what do you think about a loadable package in examples or
unsupported?).

>> latter case it becomes difficult to pick out '.' and '..' (since you
>> usually want to ignore them).
> 
> Directory>>#contents may blow them up itself, if we are to change the
> interface...

Good point (I think I'll apply that to my 'comfort' package right now),
although I think there is a larger problem, which is that Files don't
remember if they were created with a relative path.

Mike