Hi Stef, all,

I've seen this "inconsistency" as well. The current printSting tries
to be descriptive but isn't handy to work with.

I would go one step further and have no #asFileReference suffix nor
File @ prefix, it is:

'/Users/ducasse/Workspace/FirstCircle/MyBooks/Bk-Writing/PharoBooks/Booklet-AMiniSchemeInPharo/_result'
asFileReference printString
>>> '/Users/ducasse/Workspace/FirstCircle/MyBooks/Bk-Writing/PharoBooks/Booklet-AMiniSchemeInPharo/_result'


If for some reason the option chosen is to keep the current
printString then the printString should be:
>>> 'File @ ''/Users/ducasse/Workspace/FirstCircle/MyBooks/Bk-Writing/PharoBooks/Booklet-AMiniSchemeInPharo/_result'''

It is, a string with three tokens, the class name, the @ symbol and a
string as an argument, that way you can evaluate the result back.

I prefer the first one, it enables you to work with files on
workspaces, if you're using inspectors the printString doesn't matter
much, since you're dealing with a specialized tool and there is no way
you can confuse a FileReference with a regular String instance

Best regards,
Esteban A. Maringolo

2018-02-02 16:12 GMT-03:00 Stephane Ducasse <stepharo.self@gmail.com>:
> Hi
>
> '/Users/ducasse/Workspace/FirstCircle/MyBooks/Bk-Writing/PharoBooks/Booklet-AMiniSchemeInPharo/_result'
> asFileReference printString
>>>>�� "File @ /Users/ducasse/Workspace/FirstCircle/MyBooks/Bk-Writing/PharoBooks/Booklet-AMiniSchemeInPharo/_result"
>
> so either we add @ one File or we redefine printString one reference to be
>
> '/Users/ducasse/Workspace/FirstCircle/MyBooks/Bk-Writing/PharoBooks/Booklet-AMiniSchemeInPharo/_result'
> asFileReference so that we can do something with the printString
> result.
>
> What do you think?
> Guille is it what we talked together?
>
> Setf
>