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Re: [Pharo-dev] String Interpolation

by Igor Stasenko

On 4 October 2017 at 22:30, Igor Stasenko <siguctua(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 4 October 2017 at 17:27, Sean P. DeNigris <sean(a)clipperadams.com> > wrote: > >> Igor Stasenko wrote >> > IMO, best would be to make it via compiler plugin. >> >> It seems there is always a tension between newbie-friendliness/purity and >> max-performance/deployment. There are so many other things about a >> Smalltalk >> image that are insecure and any compiler "tricks" are additional places to >> hang up the sizable community that doesn't need that security or >> efficiency. >> Would it be possible to implement it as Sven suggested and then provide a >> compiler plugin as part of a deployment hardening process like we used to >> have where e.g. tools are disabled, etc? >> >> Of course, you can have both: > - the actual implementation of message as fallback when compiler plugin is > not present > - the compiler plugin that does the magic, following same semantics > sorry, i meant 'you MUST have both', not 'you CAN have both' :) > >> >> ----- >> Cheers, >> Sean >> -- >> Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Developers-f1294837.html >> >> > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko. > -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.

Oct. 4, 2017

Re: [Pharo-dev] String Interpolation

by Igor Stasenko

On 4 October 2017 at 12:46, Denis Kudriashov <dionisiydk(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Igor. > > Did you see that we have now #asMethodConstant? > > DateAndTime now asMethodConst > > > It is not compiled time but behaviour is very close to it. > The trick is that first time execution will replace full expression with > the result as literal (the receiver of #asMethodConst). So at second time > it will be just literal reading. > > Aha. Nice. But that useful only for constant expressions, i.e. when you need to reformat static data. Not quite fits for use case coined by Sven in this topic. > 2017-10-04 11:36 GMT+02:00 Igor Stasenko <siguctua(a)gmail.com>: > >> IMO, best would be to make it via compiler plugin. >> >> Same, as i proposed for object literals, >> a compiler could detect a pattern <string literal> interpolate >> and replace it at compile time to produce/expand it into proper >> context-aware semantic, something like this: >> >> {'a' . x . 'b' . y. 'c' .z } gather: #asString >> >> That will allow to eliminate run-time security risk(due to #evaluate:), >> as well as run-time execution cost, >> and allows a nice and convenient and clean syntax. >> >> Without compiler modification, it's hard to reach best security & >> performance & convenience ideals. >> >> >> >> On 4 October 2017 at 11:06, Thierry Goubier <thierry.goubier(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> 2017-10-04 9:50 GMT+02:00 Guillermo Polito <guillermopolito(a)gmail.com>: >>> >>>> if the compiler plugin correctly models such special syntax with >>>> special AST nodes, that could be even possible without much effort >>>> >>> >>> Interesting. Would that imply that by having those special ast nodes, we >>> would get the decompilation working for the debugger? >>> >>> Thierry >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 5:42 PM, Denis Kudriashov <dionisiydk(a)gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> 2017-10-03 17:39 GMT+02:00 Denis Kudriashov <dionisiydk(a)gmail.com>: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi. >>>>>> >>>>>> While idea looks cool it will require a lot of tool support. Senders, >>>>>> var/class references, rename refactorings should be aware of it >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> And I forgot debugger. It should be possible to step over >>>>> "interpolated expressions" >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 2017-10-03 17:29 GMT+02:00 Damien Pollet <damien.pollet(a)gmail.com>: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 3 October 2017 at 14:07, Guillermo Polito < >>>>>>> guillermopolito(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Why not having an opal plugin? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The opal plugin may read strings in the form: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "lalala {some expression} lololo" >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> and replace at compile time that by: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "lalala {1} lololo" format { some expression } >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If we're going to extend the compiler, we might as avoid parsing at >>>>>>> runtime by desugaring more like: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> String streamContents: [:str | >>>>>>> str >>>>>>> nextPutAll: 'lalala '; >>>>>>> nextPutAll: (some expression) printString; >>>>>>> nextPutAll: ' lololo' ] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The thing to think about is what is the delimiter for {some >>>>>>>> expression}. >>>>>>>> - a too used one may break lots of existing code. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> â¦or we could change the string quotes to mean "dynamic string in >>>>>>> which interpolations can be used" and keep single quotes for literal >>>>>>> strings only. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - and we should escape it >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> indeed >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 5:40 AM, Sven Van Caekenberghe < >>>>>>>> sven(a)stfx.eu> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> > On 29 Sep 2017, at 08:54, Pavel Krivanek < >>>>>>>>> pavel.krivanek(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > This solution will not work for environments without sources too >>>>>>>>> where names like t1, t2 are used for temporary variables. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> That is true. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I often wonder why we can't keep at least the variables names, it >>>>>>>>> would not be that expensive. There was this problem with FFI that needed >>>>>>>>> source code access as well. It would also help the debugger and make the >>>>>>>>> decompiler more powerful. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> > Anyway, nice idea. >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > -- Pavel >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > Dne Ätvrtek 28. zÃ¡ÅÃ 2017 Sven Van Caekenberghe <sven(a)stfx.eu> >>>>>>>>> napsal(a): >>>>>>>>> > Hi, >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > I got into a little office discussion about string interpolation >>>>>>>>> as it is done in different programming languages. >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > In Pharo we have String>>#format: which is pretty nice. It works >>>>>>>>> as follows: >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > | x y | >>>>>>>>> > x := 123. >>>>>>>>> > y := #foo. >>>>>>>>> > 'x={1} and y={2}' format: { x. y }. >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > It is also possible to use a dictionary with keys, like this: >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > | x y | >>>>>>>>> > x := 123. >>>>>>>>> > y := #foo. >>>>>>>>> > 'x={x} and y={y}' format: { #x->x. #y->y } asDictionary. >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > But this is not true string interpolation as described in [ >>>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_interpolation ]. The idea is >>>>>>>>> to write the value generating expressions directly inside the strings. >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > Since in Pharo we add features not by extending the syntax but >>>>>>>>> by adding messages I wondered if it could be done for string interpolation. >>>>>>>>> The goal is to make the following work: >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > | x y | >>>>>>>>> > x := 123. >>>>>>>>> > y := #foo. >>>>>>>>> > 'It seems x equals {x} and y equals {y} while Pi is still {Float >>>>>>>>> pi}' interpolate. >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > => 'It seems x equals 123 and y equals foo while Pi is still >>>>>>>>> 3.141592653589793' >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > Here is the implementation I came up with: >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > String>>#interpolate >>>>>>>>> > "Format the receiver by interpolating the evaluation of >>>>>>>>> expressions >>>>>>>>> > in between curly brackets in the context of the sender as in >>>>>>>>> the following 3 oneline examples. >>>>>>>>> > 'Today is {Date today}' interpolate. >>>>>>>>> > | x | x := 123. 'x equals {x} and pi equals {Float pi}' >>>>>>>>> interpolate. >>>>>>>>> > 'In {#strings} you can escape \{ by prefixing it with \\' >>>>>>>>> interpolate." >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > | senderContext | >>>>>>>>> > senderContext := thisContext sender. >>>>>>>>> > ^ self class new: self size streamContents: [ :out | | stream | >>>>>>>>> > stream := self readStream. >>>>>>>>> > [ stream atEnd ] whileFalse: [ | currentChar | >>>>>>>>> > (currentChar := stream next) == ${ >>>>>>>>> > ifTrue: [ | expression result | >>>>>>>>> > expression := stream upTo: $}. >>>>>>>>> > result := Compiler new >>>>>>>>> > evaluate: expression in: senderContext to: nil >>>>>>>>> notifying: nil ifFail: [ ^ nil ] logged: false. >>>>>>>>> > out nextPutAll: result asString ] >>>>>>>>> > ifFalse: [ >>>>>>>>> > currentChar == $\ >>>>>>>>> > ifTrue: [ stream atEnd ifFalse: [ out nextPut: >>>>>>>>> stream next ] ] >>>>>>>>> > ifFalse: [ out nextPut: currentChar ] ] ] ] >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > It is a hack that could certainly be improved. And there is of >>>>>>>>> course an obvious security problem. >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > Thoughts ? >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > Sven >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>>> <http://www.cnrs.fr>* >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *Web:* *http://guillep.github.io* <http://guillep.github.io> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *Phone: *+33 06 52 70 66 13 <+33%206%2052%2070%2066%2013> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Damien Pollet >>>>>>> type less, do more [ | ] http://people.untyped.org/damien.pollet >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 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 >>>> <http://www.cnrs.fr>* >>>> >>>> >>>> *Web:* *http://guillep.github.io* <http://guillep.github.io> >>>> >>>> *Phone: *+33 06 52 70 66 13 <+33%206%2052%2070%2066%2013> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Igor Stasenko. >> > > -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.

Oct. 4, 2017

Re: [Pharo-dev] String Interpolation

by Igor Stasenko

On 4 October 2017 at 17:27, Sean P. DeNigris <sean(a)clipperadams.com> wrote: > Igor Stasenko wrote > > IMO, best would be to make it via compiler plugin. > > It seems there is always a tension between newbie-friendliness/purity and > max-performance/deployment. There are so many other things about a > Smalltalk > image that are insecure and any compiler "tricks" are additional places to > hang up the sizable community that doesn't need that security or > efficiency. > Would it be possible to implement it as Sven suggested and then provide a > compiler plugin as part of a deployment hardening process like we used to > have where e.g. tools are disabled, etc? > > Of course, you can have both: - the actual implementation of message as fallback when compiler plugin is not present - the compiler plugin that does the magic, following same semantics > > > ----- > Cheers, > Sean > -- > Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Developers-f1294837.html > > -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.

Oct. 4, 2017

Re: [Pharo-dev] Iceberg - loading baseline

by Esteban Lorenzano

> On 4 Oct 2017, at 16:29, Sean P. DeNigris <sean(a)clipperadams.com> wrote: > > Jan BlizniÄenko wrote >> ...'gitlocal:///C:/Users/User/Pharo/repo/nameofmyproject/filetree'; load. > > Hmm, I never saw gitlocal:// before. I always use filetree://. I wonder what > the difference isâ¦ filetree uses filetree (old way) and it will install the project without installing an iceberg project. gitlocal will treat repo as a local repository and it will follow âiceberg pathâ :) Esteban > > > > ----- > Cheers, > Sean > -- > Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Developers-f1294837.html >

Oct. 4, 2017

Re: [Pharo-dev] Iceberg - loading baseline

by Sean P. DeNigris

Jan BlizniÄenko wrote > ...'gitlocal:///C:/Users/User/Pharo/repo/nameofmyproject/filetree'; load. Hmm, I never saw gitlocal:// before. I always use filetree://. I wonder what the difference isâ¦ ----- Cheers, Sean -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Developers-f1294837.html

Oct. 4, 2017

Re: [Pharo-dev] String Interpolation

by Sean P. DeNigris

Igor Stasenko wrote > IMO, best would be to make it via compiler plugin. It seems there is always a tension between newbie-friendliness/purity and max-performance/deployment. There are so many other things about a Smalltalk image that are insecure and any compiler "tricks" are additional places to hang up the sizable community that doesn't need that security or efficiency. Would it be possible to implement it as Sven suggested and then provide a compiler plugin as part of a deployment hardening process like we used to have where e.g. tools are disabled, etc? ----- Cheers, Sean -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Developers-f1294837.html

Oct. 4, 2017

Re: [Pharo-dev] Scraping HTML chapter 2 (soon chapter 3 coming)

by CÃ©drick BÃ©ler

Hi Steph (sorry for late reply, it seems I have a wrong automatic process of mailing list), I'll published it soon and why not doing a chapter on that subject. This could be a really fun tutorial :) I'll add the section tag in the code for nested tags. Cheers, CÃ©drick 2017-09-27 21:52 GMT+02:00 Stephane Ducasse <stepharo.self(a)gmail.com>: > Hello Cedric > >> >> Iâm using Soup from time to time. I use it also with student this >> semester to do a small app that get leboncoin adds programmatically to send >> alerts (leboncoin is a French web site to sell/buy stuff between people). >> > > cool I want it because I'm looking for Games on leboncoin > > >> I think it should be updated to reflect HTML5 important new tags. For >> instance I needed to add the section tag in the Â« nestableBlockTags Â» â¦ >> Itâs in SoupParserParameter initializeNestableBlockTags (see the screenshot >> - I donât have my image here sot itâs just the method). Without this tag, I >> could properly get the classified ads). >> > >> I can publish it if you want but I think there are more important HTML5 >> tags to include in this parameters class. As Soup is an "incomplete >> parser Â» (as far as I understand), there is no need to include all html5 >> tags. But beside <section>, do other people think there are tags to include >> there ? >> > > Please publish it. > What you can do also is to write a chapter showing how you script > leboncoin with Soup. > You are welcome. > > >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> CÃ©drick >> >> >> >> Le 27 sept. 2017 Ã 09:25, Stephane Ducasse <stepharo.self(a)gmail.com> a >> Ã©crit : >> >> I came with the idea of this booklet thank to Peter Kenny that kindly >> answered a question on the Pharo mailing-list. >> To help, Peter showed to a Pharoer how to scrap a web site >> using XPath. In addition, some years ago >> I was maintaining Soup a scraping framework because I was scraping >> magic web sites and I wanted an application to manage my magic cards. >> Since then I always wanted to try XPath and in addition I wanted to >> offer this booklet to Peter. Why because I asked Peter >> if he would like to write something and he told that he was at a great >> age where he would not take any commitment. >> I realised that I would like to get as old as him and be able to hack >> like a mad in Pharo with new technology. >> So this booklet is a gift to Peter, a great and gentle Pharoer. >> >> Stef >> <scrapingChap2-min.pdf> >> >> >> > -- CÃ©drick

Oct. 4, 2017

Re: [Pharo-dev] [Ann] Class meta annotations

by Denis Kudriashov

2017-10-04 14:43 GMT+02:00 Guillermo Polito <guillermopolito(a)gmail.com>: > > > >> >>> I mean, I understand we can use the class state to initialize the >>> annotation. But the fact that the annotation is cached after its first >>> instantiation means that the annotation will not necessarily evolve as the >>> class evolves. >>> >> >> Cache is updated after related class changes: method added, removed and >> so on (driven by PragmaCollector logic). So outdated annotations should not >> exist. >> Is it what you ask? >> > > Nope, imagine you do > > > RenamePackageCommand class>>packageBrowserShortcutActivation > > <classAnnotation> > > ^CmdShortcutCommandActivation by: *$r meta* for: someInstVarOfMyClass > > > If your someInstVarOfMyClass changes its value after the creation of the > Annotation object, you're dead. > Yes, you are right. And I have similar cases in Calypso. For some command sub-hierarchy I define shortcut like: ^CmdShortcutCommandActivation by: self defaultShorcurtCombination for: ClassBrowserContext. And command annotations are not updated when I change the method #defaultShorcurtCombination. So I manually reset cache after such changes. Would be interesting to find solution for this. > > >> >>> Do we want annotations to be stateless? Or depend only in literals? >>> >> >> I want annotations to be any object with any state inside. Of course you >> will be restricted by what is visible from the class side. But in >> "annotating method" you can create any complex object (see below). >> >> >>> I wonder then what is the main difference with >>> >>> specialAnnotationExample >>> <classAnnotation: MySpecialAnnotation> >>> >>> And what is the impact of having an annotation with parameters. >>> >> >> Generally it is same like having pragma with parameters. >> But with annotation you are not restricted by literal objects. So >> annotation parameters can be anything. >> >> And it is important feature for Commander. >> For example I need instance of KMKeyCombination to define shortcut for >> command. So I just use normal expression for this: >> >> RenamePackageCommand class>>packageBrowserShortcutActivation >> >> <classAnnotation> >> >> ^CmdShortcutCommandActivation by: *$r meta* for: ClyPackageBrowserContext >> >> >> It will be very complicated to express it with method pragma and it will >> be restricted anyway. >> >> Another important point is that class annotation is first class object >> which means that you can add behaviour to it. >> > > Yes, I get that and I like the idea that the Annotation is not just a > command pattern with an execute method. It can be more than that and that's > the interesting part of it. Otherwise a normal pragma can just replace it. > > >> With method pragma you can not. >> For example shortcut annotation includes method to check given key event >> and execute command if it is satisfied. >> >> Is it now clear? >> >> >>> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 9:02 PM, Sean P. DeNigris <sean(a)clipperadams.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Denis Kudriashov wrote >>>> > If you will use method pragma then you will repeat logic of this >>>> library: >>>> > In your code you will need... >>>> >>>> So it sounds like it's pragmas++ - the functionality of pragmas plus >>>> some >>>> other stuff you may need that you'd have to roll on your own >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- >>>> Cheers, >>>> Sean >>>> -- >>>> Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Developers-f1294837.ht >>>> ml >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> 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 >>> <http://www.cnrs.fr>* >>> >>> >>> *Web:* *http://guillep.github.io* <http://guillep.github.io> >>> >>> *Phone: *+33 06 52 70 66 13 <+33%206%2052%2070%2066%2013> >>> >> >> > > > -- > > > > 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 > <http://www.cnrs.fr>* > > > *Web:* *http://guillep.github.io* <http://guillep.github.io> > > *Phone: *+33 06 52 70 66 13 <+33%206%2052%2070%2066%2013> >

Oct. 4, 2017

Re: [Pharo-dev] [Ann] Class meta annotations

by Denis Kudriashov

2017-10-04 14:34 GMT+02:00 Henrik Sperre Johansen < henrik.s.johansen(a)veloxit.no>: > Denis Kudriashov wrote > >> Would it? > >> With pure method tags, you'd do something like: > >> SomeClass >> #renamePackage: aPackage > >> > > <command: 'Rename package' > >> > > category: 'Package' > >> order: 25 > >> shortcut: #($r meta)> > >> ... method renaming package here ... > > > > Then have different pragma traversers capable of creating the actual > menus > > / > >> commands invoking such methods. > >> > > > > So instead of simple subclassing of ClassAnnotation you would suggest me > > to > > implement pragma traversal/interpreter? > > I would prefer first. It gives me for free the object with any structure > > without any tricky literal interpretation logic. > > For me annotation is just obviously simpler solution. > > A traverser doesn't have to be a lot of work; > http://forum.world.st/Having-comments-for-pragma-tp4902987p4903058.html > > Denis Kudriashov wrote > > Also try to think how to support blocks in parameters with pragma > > approach. > > And how fun would be to debug them. > > It is for the question about > > "restricted anyway". > > You wouldn't need them. What to do with the tag, is up to the traverser. > For instance, #perform'ing one of the literal args on the domain class > traverser creates, returning an appropriate block, if strictly necessary. > Which means restriction to me because I could not simply use a block in the place of pragma. > > Denis Kudriashov wrote > > Really, with annotations you have normal smalltalk > > code for annotating classes. No magic. And implementation is really > > simple. > > Same with a traverser; the normal smalltalk code to create your domain > objects is simply in a different place; the traverser part of the package > defining said domain, rather than as an extension method marked with a tag. > But example with #($r meta) shows that it is not normal smalltalk code. I could not put halt here (I expect that halt will work, but it will debug interpreter code instead of expression). Also extension methods here is a very important feature and not just a mechanism. Because it provides the way how to annotate existing classes from external packages. It is pretty cool feature which not exists in java or C#. > I guess it's best to just agree to disagree, and since you're the one > implementing... ;) > Ok, Henrik. But last note: Pragma is low level annotation mechanism and actually more than annotation which was discussed many times in past. But with this library I tried to generalise the way how we use pragmas to annotate classes. Of course you can use pragmas to implement my examples. But I argue that it will require more complex code. Best regards, Denis Looking forward to trying it out! > > Cheers, > Henry > > > > -- > Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Developers-f1294837.html > >

Oct. 4, 2017

Re: [Pharo-dev] [Ann] Class meta annotations

by Guillermo Polito

On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Denis Kudriashov <dionisiydk(a)gmail.com> wrote: > 2017-10-04 9:48 GMT+02:00 Guillermo Polito <guillermopolito(a)gmail.com>: > >> I'd even call them First class pragmas from that point of view :P >> > > Yes. > But we decided avoid pragma related names here. Because in future it can > be possible to add normal pragmas into the class definition. > > >> >> I wonder what are the side-effects of instantiating the annotation >> yourself in a method. >> >> specialAnnotationExample >> <classAnnotation> >> ^MySpecialAnnotation new >> > > I not understand the question. You supposed to return an *instance* of > the annotation from the "annotating method". > > >> >> I mean, I understand we can use the class state to initialize the >> annotation. But the fact that the annotation is cached after its first >> instantiation means that the annotation will not necessarily evolve as the >> class evolves. >> > > Cache is updated after related class changes: method added, removed and so > on (driven by PragmaCollector logic). So outdated annotations should not > exist. > Is it what you ask? > Nope, imagine you do RenamePackageCommand class>>packageBrowserShortcutActivation <classAnnotation> ^CmdShortcutCommandActivation by: *$r meta* for: someInstVarOfMyClass If your someInstVarOfMyClass changes its value after the creation of the Annotation object, you're dead. > >> Do we want annotations to be stateless? Or depend only in literals? >> > > I want annotations to be any object with any state inside. Of course you > will be restricted by what is visible from the class side. But in > "annotating method" you can create any complex object (see below). > > >> I wonder then what is the main difference with >> >> specialAnnotationExample >> <classAnnotation: MySpecialAnnotation> >> >> And what is the impact of having an annotation with parameters. >> > > Generally it is same like having pragma with parameters. > But with annotation you are not restricted by literal objects. So > annotation parameters can be anything. > > And it is important feature for Commander. > For example I need instance of KMKeyCombination to define shortcut for > command. So I just use normal expression for this: > > RenamePackageCommand class>>packageBrowserShortcutActivation > > <classAnnotation> > > ^CmdShortcutCommandActivation by: *$r meta* for: ClyPackageBrowserContext > > > It will be very complicated to express it with method pragma and it will > be restricted anyway. > > Another important point is that class annotation is first class object > which means that you can add behaviour to it. > Yes, I get that and I like the idea that the Annotation is not just a command pattern with an execute method. It can be more than that and that's the interesting part of it. Otherwise a normal pragma can just replace it. > With method pragma you can not. > For example shortcut annotation includes method to check given key event > and execute command if it is satisfied. > > Is it now clear? > > >> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 9:02 PM, Sean P. DeNigris <sean(a)clipperadams.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Denis Kudriashov wrote >>> > If you will use method pragma then you will repeat logic of this >>> library: >>> > In your code you will need... >>> >>> So it sounds like it's pragmas++ - the functionality of pragmas plus some >>> other stuff you may need that you'd have to roll on your own >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> Cheers, >>> Sean >>> -- >>> Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Developers-f1294837.ht >>> ml >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> 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 >> <http://www.cnrs.fr>* >> >> >> *Web:* *http://guillep.github.io* <http://guillep.github.io> >> >> *Phone: *+33 06 52 70 66 13 <+33%206%2052%2070%2066%2013> >> > > -- 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 <http://www.cnrs.fr>* *Web:* *http://guillep.github.io* <http://guillep.github.io> *Phone: *+33 06 52 70 66 13

Oct. 4, 2017