I have added a first GlobalVar hierarchy� it has already the code generation methods but Opal is not yet forwarding
code generation (and the compiler does not yet compile bindings with the subclass).
update 40 095 contains changes to deeper integrate first class variables (Slots and first class Globals) int the system.
1) Both the binding in "Smalltalk globals" as well as all Class Variables are now instances of GlobalVariable.
(I want to have both GlobalVariable and ClassVariable, but that is for later)
e.g.
Object binding class
(SmalltalkImage classVariableNamed: 'ShutDownList') class
all the Slots and Globals understand
#definingClass -> returns the class defining the variable or "nil" for true globals
#usingMethods -> all methods reading or writing the variable
in Pharo4 #102:
-> CompiledMethod now has working #readsSlot:, #writesSlot: besides #accessesSlot:
(for speed we could dispatch them to the Slot so slots could use faster ways than AST searching� but then, speed is fast after the AST is cached�
#usingMethods already does that for IvarSlot to avoid creating the AST for all methods of a class, which indeed is slow the first time)
e.g.
(Point>>#setX:setY:) writesSlot: (Point slotNamed: #y)
�> true
Point methodsWritingSlot: (Point slotNamed: #x)
�> {Point>>#bitShiftPoint:. Point>>#setX:setY:. Point>>#setR:degrees:}
(Point slotNamed: #x) usingMethods size
�> 60
(SmalltalkImage classVariableNamed: 'ShutDownList') usingMethods size
�> 7
-> after having fun with #usingMethods on variables, I added #senders and #implementors to Symbol. So now one can use (e.g. nice for doing Demos):
#+ senders size.
#+ implementors inspect
Marcus