Oct. 6, 2010
4:08 p.m.
On 10/6/2010 6:58 AM, Igor Stasenko wrote:
Hello,
just wanna ask, is this part of API will be deprecated in future? (in Pharo, it put under 'to clean later' category).
And if yes, then what will be correct (dialect-agnostic) way to access globals?
Smalltalk globals at: #Foo ?
I thought that #at: #at:put: (and some others) historically is a part of Smalltalk protocol, and should stay there to support legacy code and cross-dialect code.
What you thoughts about it?
The base dictionary access methods (#at:, #at:put:, #at:ifAbsent:) should remain in Smalltalk for compatibility. Then it's a matter of where that request is being delegated. Cheers, - Andreas