Hi ben We should think about it. Indeed. Now about the names. I'm wondering if they cover well enough the situation. In fact I would like to have imageDirectory (it exists but not in FileSystem) and workingDirectory (I would prefer startupDirectory or something like that). For me workingDirectory is totally unclear.
Now this change is super important for making Pharo a good platform for script execution. So let me make it even nicer. Stef On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 10:14 PM, Ben Coman <b...@openinworld.com> wrote: > > > On 16 December 2017 at 04:34, Cyril Ferlicot D. <cyril.ferli...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Le 15/12/2017 à 21:24, Hilaire a écrit : >> > In P3: >> > >> > FileSystem disk workingDirectory >> > =>File @ /home/hilaire/Travaux/Developpement/DrGeoII/Dev-pharo3.0/shared >> > >> > In P7: >> > >> > FileSystem disk workingDirectory >> > =>File @ /home/hilaire >> > >> > Is it a bug? >> > >> >> Hi! >> >> In Pharo 3 >> >> workingDirectory = imageDirectory. >> >> In Pharo 7 >> >> workingDirectory = directory from where Pharo was launched. > > > just double-checking... > with equivalent shell commands... > $ DIR1 = `pwd` > $ $DIR2/pharo $DIR3/Pharo.image > > Pharo 3 ==> workingDirectory = $DIR3 > Pharo 7 ==> workingDirectory = $DIR1 > ? > > I wonder for such a semantic API change it might be good to > introduce #workDirectory and deprecate #workingDirectory > so the need for user-devs to change their code is more explicit. > It might make easier to have an auto-conversion rule #workingDirectory ==> > #imageDirectory, > and make it harder to shoot yourself in the foot producing cross-platform > libraries. > > cheers -ben > > >> >> >> Maybe you launched Pharo from the terminal with this command like this >> one? >> >> Travaux/Developpement/DrGeoII/Dev-pharo3.0/shared/pharo-ui >> Travaux/Developpement/DrGeoII/Dev-pharo3.0/shared Pharo.image >> >> If you wish to use the old behaviour, you can replace `FileSystem disk >> workingDirectory` by `FileLocator imageDirectory asFileReference`. >> >> This change was done because, not getting the real working directory >> make it really hard to script things in Pharo. >> >> -- >> Cyril Ferlicot >> https://ferlicot.fr >> >> http://www.synectique.eu >> 2 rue Jacques Prévert 01, >> 59650 Villeneuve d'ascq France >> >
