Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Argument

2017-10-19 Thread James Ladd
Nice response Sent from my Commodore 64 > On 19 Oct 2017, at 7:02 pm, Sebastian Heidbrink wrote: > > Hi Paulo, > > I think this is not the right question to ask. > The problem is not "Where to find Smalltalk developers?", the problem is > rather > "How much effort does it take to help a good

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Argument

2017-10-19 Thread James Ladd
Hi Paulo, That is a really good question and I hope to do it justice. What if you chose Elixir, Ruby, Closure, Go or Pony or Smalltalk - where would you get developers? There is some validity to this question as it can be hard to get developers but in Smalltalk’s case there is a heritage that

Re: [Pharo-users] Pharo and instance variables ...

2017-10-18 Thread James Ladd
That said from memory I think it was Digitalk or Enfin that used to automatically generate accessors and mutators Sent from my Commodore 64 > On 18 Oct 2017, at 4:34 pm, Markus Stumptner wrote: > > It would break code all over the place... > >> On 18/10/2017 16:02, James L

Re: [Pharo-users] Pharo and instance variables ...

2017-10-17 Thread James Ladd
Good point - thank you Sent from my Commodore 64 > On 18 Oct 2017, at 4:36 pm, Prof. Andrew P. Black wrote: > > >> On 18 Oct 2017, at 08:32 , James Ladd wrote: >> >> What if accessors were generated but not mutators? >> > > The point is that, on

Re: [Pharo-users] Pharo and instance variables ...

2017-10-17 Thread James Ladd
Good point thanks Sent from my Commodore 64 > On 18 Oct 2017, at 4:34 pm, Markus Stumptner wrote: > > It would break code all over the place... > >> On 18/10/2017 16:02, James Ladd wrote: >> What if accessors were generated but not mutators? >> >> Sent f

Re: [Pharo-users] Pharo and instance variables ...

2017-10-17 Thread James Ladd
What if accessors were generated but not mutators? Sent from my Commodore 64 > On 18 Oct 2017, at 4:21 pm, Clément Bera wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 7:07 AM, James Ladd wrote: >> Hey David, >> >> If you could only access instance variables in

Re: [Pharo-users] Pharo and instance variables ...

2017-10-17 Thread James Ladd
e model is similar to protected in Java (see > http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/accesscontrol.html ) > except there is no "Package" column. > >> On 17 October 2017 at 23:30, James Ladd wrote: >> Please could you provide an example? >> >>

Re: [Pharo-users] Pharo and instance variables ...

2017-10-17 Thread James Ladd
ass) methods also use it. > > The model is similar to protected in Java (see http://docs.oracle.com/ > javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/accesscontrol.html ) except there is no > "Package" column. > > On 17 October 2017 at 23:30, James Ladd wrote: > >> Please could y

Re: [Pharo-users] Pharo and instance variables ...

2017-10-17 Thread James Ladd
for class and instance methods > to access class variables. > > On 17 October 2017 at 23:04, James Ladd wrote: > >> Hello Pharo Users, >> >> I'm wondering about instance variables for support in Redline Smalltalk >> and >> want to get my understandin

[Pharo-users] Pharo and instance variables ...

2017-10-17 Thread James Ladd
Hello Pharo Users, I'm wondering about instance variables for support in Redline Smalltalk and want to get my understanding straight. Are instance variables only accessible (without using #instVarNamed:) inside the method with the same name as the instance variable? eg: myInstVar ^ myInst