yes, I am a head-scratching person, possibly old fashioned :-), coming from other dialects and this is imho the best solution Sabine
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Marcus Denker-4 [via Smalltalk] <ml-node+s1294792n4692722...@n4.nabble.com> wrote: > > On Jun 10, 2013, at 6:56 PM, [hidden email] wrote: > >> Am 10.06.13 18:01, schrieb Marcus Denker: >>> >>>> Breaks the Principal of Least Surprise for those you want to attract >>>> from other dialects. They may end up with a strong opinion on it :) >>> >>> >>> I am not against reverting the inspect change.. but it should be >>> documented well, else this will be changed again in the future. >>> >>> Another thing is that starting from 3.0, I am sure that nobody will ever >>> put "inspect" or "halt" anywhere as they will use meta-links >>> instead… >> hmm. that is probably just 5 minutes away from Pharo's world domination >> ;-) >> As long as Pharo is "Smalltalk inspired", people will probably come up >> with solutions they learned in Smalltalk. I have not yet come to be a >> frequent Pharo user, but coming from another Smalltalk dialect, I would >> probably face the same problem as Sabine mentioned it. I am not sure I use >> inspect in message cascades very often, because I tend to avoid cascades in >> methods that look or feel as if I may want to inspect preliminary results, >> so I am probably unlikely to tap into the same trap often. But if I would, >> I'd be scratching my head and ask myself what the heck this could ever be >> good for… > > So maybe we can > -> add #inspector that returns the tool > -> make inspect be like it was before (with documentation). > > Marcus > > > > > > ________________________________ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > http://forum.world.st/inspect-returns-iOf-SystemWindow-and-not-receiver-tp4692399p4692722.html > To unsubscribe from inspect returns iOf SystemWindow and not receiver, click > here. > NAML -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/inspect-returns-iOf-SystemWindow-and-not-receiver-tp4692399p4692726.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
