Just curious what the magic numbers here relate to... and can they be factored out to a meaningful method name? Context>>gtInspectorVariableValuePairs "This is a helper method that returns a collection of variable_name -> value for the current object. Subclasses can override it to specialize what appears in the variables presentation" | bindings | bindings := OrderedCollection new. 1 to: (self basicSize min: 21) do: [ :index | bindings add: (index "asString""asTwoCharacterString" -> (self basicAt: index)) ]. ((self basicSize - 20) max: 22) to: (self basicSize) do: [ :index | "self haltIf: [ index = 99 ]." bindings add: (index "asString" -> (self basicAt: index)) ]. bindings addAll: ((self class allSlots collect: [ :slot | slot name -> (slot read: self) ]) sort asOrderedCollection). ^ bindings cheers -ben