There is quite a difference between a compiler book using the AST acronym and a message with the #ast selector.
Whoever starts reading a compiler book already knows about AST. We shouldn't assume the same about any Pharo developer. - Francisco > On 3 May 2018, at 20:02, Guillermo Polito <guillermopol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I don't think so... any compiler book talks about ASTs using acronyms. > Acronyms are good when acronyms are good. > >> Le jeu. 3 mai 2018 à 20:48, Esteban A. Maringolo <emaring...@gmail.com> a >> écrit : >> +1 to avoid acronyms. >> >> Esteban A. Maringolo >> >> 2018-05-03 12:47 GMT-03:00 Francisco Garau <francisco.ga...@gmail.com>: >>> I'd rather be also explicit in the name and avoid acronyms. >>> #newAbstractSyntaxTree and #cachedAbstractSyntaxTree >>> >>> - Francisco > -- > > Guille Polito > Research Engineer > Centre de Recherche en Informatique, Signal et Automatique de Lille > CRIStAL - UMR 9189 > French National Center for Scientific Research - http://www.cnrs.fr > > Web: http://guillep.github.io > Phone: +33 06 52 70 66 13
