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On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.duca...@inria.fr> wrote: > +1 > > On Nov 12, 2013, at 4:39 PM, Johan Fabry <jfa...@dcc.uchile.cl> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I am preparing slides for a course. I came to the typical: >> >> Number subclass: #Complex >> instanceVariableNames: 'real imaginary' >> classVariableNames: '' >> poolDictionaries: '' >> category: 'ComplexNumbers' >> >> Which made me think: Who uses poolDictionaries? I suspect extremely few of >> us. >> >> Why not add this to Class: >> Class>>subclass: aSymbol instanceVariableNames: instVarNames >> classVariableNames: classVarNames category: aSymbol >> ^self subclass: aSymbol >> instanceVariableNames: instVarNames >> classVariableNames: classVarNames >> poolDictionaries: '' >> category: aSymbol >> >> And have the new class template as follows? >> >> Object subclass: #NameOfSubclass >> instanceVariableNames: '' >> classVariableNames: '' >> category: 'Kernel-Classes' >> >> It would be a bit cleaner. I know us old timers don't even see the >> poolDictionaries: line anymore, but I dislike having to explain it to >> students. >> >> Greetings, >> >> ---> Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org <--- >> >> Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry >> PLEIAD lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile >> >> > >
