Gisela, you can also get all objects in the system (#allObjectsDo:) whose "class name ='xxx". where xxx is the obsolete-version of the class name. Then you follow pointers... explore the object -> right button -> "explore pointers" or similar...
cheers, On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 7:59 AM, Gisela Decuzzi <giseladecu...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, yes! Thanks for the help, searching it seems that I have shortcuts > that has references to obsoletes instances, I will see how to remove them. > > > > > 2013/6/3 Andres Valloud <avall...@smalltalk.comcastbiz.net> > >> How can you have an instance of a class X if the class X doesn't "exist" >> anymore? The whole point here is that an object's class is also a strong >> reference to the class, and generally it's skipped by object reference >> finders. The way you find those is by sending allInstances (or equivalent) >> to the class. >> >> >> On 6/3/13 2:19 , Sebastian Tleye wrote: >> >>> This happens when you have instances of the class and the class doesn't >>> exists anymore. >>> "Smalltalk fixObsoleteReferences" didn't completely work for me when i >>> had that problem, i had to find out where those references were. >>> I think looking for strong pointers of the ObsoleteClass would be a good >>> start. >>> >>> >>> 2013/6/3 Andres Valloud >>> <avalloud@smalltalk.**comcastbiz.net<avall...@smalltalk.comcastbiz.net> >>> <mailto:avalloud@smalltalk.**comcastbiz.net<avall...@smalltalk.comcastbiz.net> >>> >> >>> >>> >>> Maybe they have instances. GC can't remove a class under its >>> instances. >>> >>> >>> On 6/3/13 2:14 , Gisela Decuzzi wrote: >>> >>> Hi, I'm trying to fix this, I have Obsolete classes in the >>> system and I >>> want to remove them, as long as I understood this is because this >>> classes are gone and in some point someone is referencing them. >>> >>> I do an extended search an get nothing, but still the obsolete >>> classes >>> are there... I don't find no one with references to it but if I >>> run: >>> SystemNavigation new obsoleteClassesselect: [ :each | each >>> isAnonymous >>> >>> not ] >>> I get the problem classes. >>> >>> I found this thread about a similar issue but don't know how to >>> solve >>> the problem >>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/_**_pipermail/pharo-project/2011-** >>> __January/038824.html<http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/__pipermail/pharo-project/2011-__January/038824.html> >>> >>> <http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/**pipermail/pharo-project/2011-** >>> January/038824.html<http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/pipermail/pharo-project/2011-January/038824.html> >>> > >>> >>> Maybe someone could help me... >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > -- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
