Re: [Help-smalltalk] Including files

[Paolo Bonzini]

> Yes (although what do you think about a loadable package in examples or
> unsupported?).
>   
Yes, why not.  Just a file-in in unsupported would be great (with the 
plan to merge it later on).  Actually File/Directory started in 
unsupported (when I was not maintainer and it was not yet called 
unsupported...).  And alas when I moved it out of unsupported, I really 
forget to think about a proper design. :-(
> > > 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.
>   
We just need a Directory stored in an instance variable for that.  That 
would not break backwards compatibility.

Paolo