I like very much the idea! Creating a class can be done in many different ways. The Factory design pattern should be applied here I think. Something like ClassFactory Alexandre -- _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;.
On May 22, 2017, at 3:25 AM, Luc Fabresse <luc.fabresse@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Following Pharo Days, I brainstormed about some possible class definition syntaxes. What I have in mind:
"basic mechanics, only THIS one in the image!" ClassDefinition new superclass: Object; "optional. If not specified, Object by default ;-)" name: #A; "optional and create an anonymous class if not specified" instVars: 'a b c'; traits: {TEquality}; package: 'Plop'; createClass. " this message sent might be hidden by the browser when accepting"
"---------------" "Some IDEAS (but I did not find one that I really like) of scripting/shorter syntaxes that must ALWAYS end up calling the above basic mechanics at the end:"
Class fromDefinition: [ :def | def name: #sub; instVars: 'w r g'; superclass: Object ].
Object subclass "<-- returns a subclass of Object but the problem is that the new class is muted each time and the class definition is not explicit" name: #A; ivs: 'a b c'; traits: { TEquality }.
{ #superclass -> Object. #name -> #sub. #instVars -> 'a b c' } asClass.
{ Object asSuperclass. #sub asClassName. 'a b c' asInstVars. 'c' asClassVar } asClass.
"litteral approach" #( name A superclass Object instVars #(a b c) instVar d ) asClass
#Luc