Maybe rename #instVarNames to #myInstancesVariableNames?

Guille

On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Camillo Bruni <camillobruni@gmail.com> wrote:

On 2012-09-24, at 20:15, St�phane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse@inria.fr> wrote:
> On Sep 24, 2012, at 6:51 PM, Camillo Bruni wrote:
>>>> Nautilus class instVarNames
>>> � � �-> �#('maxSize' 'cachedLastClasses' 'groups')
>>>
>>> ok we get the instance variables
>>>
>>> Nautilus class instVarNamed: 'groups'
>>> -> error
>>>
>>> For me that is wrong. I should not get an error, I should get the actual
>>> variable.
>>> I mean, why #instVarNames workds but �#instVarNamed: doesn't? That is
>>> inconsistent.
>
> to me mariano is right. if I can ask a class for a receiver a list of stuff I should be able to
> send to the same receiver the value of the named elements.
> this distinction is confusing (Normally I know what is metaclass programming)

but with methods it's the very same, you get them no the class side, but you
cannot do anything with them on the class.

The problem is just that on a Class the instance side (of the Metaclass) and the
class side collapse, so you have a double interface there.

unless you have a strict and weird kind of separation of these two layers
like in Java, you will always have a double set of methods there..