On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 8:41 PM, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.al...@gmail.com> wrote: > So my question is this , I have a class with nil variables that are lazy > initialised only when needed the first time and of course they keep their > values from there on. > > Lets say I get the latest update from github via metacello over an older > update that I already have inside the image , do those variables revert back > to nil values ?
No. > or do they keep their values as they are ? Yes. Loading a package is only loading source code. Its no different than manually changing a method's source through the Nautilus system browser (instance & class variables keep their values throughout) except you get the whole lot in one go. cheers -ben
