Hi Marcus, On 21 November 2017 at 11:18, Marcus Denker <marcus.den...@inria.fr> wrote: > >> >> Thanks! >> >> #ifNotNilDo: was deprecated in Pharo 6, and the method was removed >> completely in Pharo 7. >> >> The easiest thing to do is to port #ifNotNilDo: forward to Pharo 7 so >> that the methods are automatically re-written. >> > > Yes, this would be best. > > we never deprecated ifNotNilDo: because it was too intrusive. With the > retwriting > deprecation it is possible, but then to not be intrusive, we need to keep the > deprecated > methods longer. > > Of course in the end, people only act if they are forced, so the question is > if it would > help that much.
Actually I meant that I will just port the rewrite rule forward in my image, not that it should be done as part of the official distribution. I agree that we need to be forced, and we don't want to clutter up the image with an ever growing list of deprecated methods, so I'm fine with the current process. Sorry for the poor choice of wording. Cheers, Alistair
