No, String is NOT a special case in the ANSI standard, which is what I was
specifically writing about.
WideString is not in the standard, thank goodness (although at the time the
standard was made, it was already clear that at least 16-bit characters
were needed). The ANSI rule perfectly fits the
> On 3 Feb 2025, at 06:33, Richard O'Keefe wrote:
>
> Not that anyone else probably cares, but the ANSI standard says
> - for All objects x y, x = y if and only if y = x.
>The Smalltalk-80 mixup over String and Symbol violated this,
>‘X’ = #x but #x ~= ‘x’.
> - two sequences are = iff
Not that anyone else probably cares, but the ANSI standard says
- for All objects x y, x = y if and only if y = x.
The Smalltalk-80 mixup over String and Symbol violated this,
‘X’ = #x but #x ~= ‘x’.
- two sequences are = iff they are the same size, corresponding elements
are =, AND they are
my 2c...
There are arguments for and against any of the semantics decisions, so leaving
those aside for greater minds...
+1 GemStone
Pharo and GemStone have long been an enviable workflow for “complex problems".
They go together in a project, each providing a necessary part of the puzzle.
Pha
