they are "protocols"
method category is the old non-accurate name :)

Esteban

On Aug 29, 2013, at 1:44 PM, btc@openInWorld.com wrote:

> St�phane Ducasse wrote:
>> methodsInCategory: aName � � "Answer a list of the methods of the receiver that are in category named aName"
>>
>> � � �| aColl |
>> � � �aColl := Set withAll: (self organization listAtCategoryNamed: aName).
>> � � �^ aColl asArray sort
>>
>>
>> allMethodsInCategory: aName �"Answer a list of all the methods of the receiver and all its � superclasses that are in the category named aName"
>>
>> � � �| aColl |
>> � � �aColl := OrderedCollection new.
>> � � �self withAllSuperclasses do: [:aClass | � � � � � � � � aColl addAll: (aClass organization listAtCategoryNamed: aName) ].
>> � � �^ aColl asSet asArray sort
>>
>>
>> uncategorizedMethods
>> � � �^ self methodsInCategory: Protocol unclassified
>>
>> all these methods returns selectors and not compiled methods.
>>
>> So I would like to rename them accordingly.
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Stef
>>
>>
> When writing about Smalltalk, I am often confused about whether I should call them Method Categories or Protocols ?
> I actually prefer the latter, partly because it reads better in prose not having to write Class Categories and Method Categories every time, and just Categories and Protocols.
> Are the terms interchangeable? What is the official stance?
>
> cheers -ben
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