GemStone supports the {} array constructor syntax. ----- Original Message ----- | From: "H. Hirzel" <hannes.hirzel@gmail.com> | To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list" <squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org> | Cc: Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr | Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 4:25:31 AM | Subject: Re: [squeak-dev] Re: A comparative article (was STON - Smalltalk Object Notation) | | On 5/10/12, Levente Uzonyi <leves@elte.hu> wrote: | > On Thu, 10 May 2012, H. Hirzel wrote: | > | >> Hello | >> | >> A question about dynamic arrays | >> | >> Goran writes that he thinks they were introduced in Squeak? | > | > Göran wrote: | > "It is simply a dynamic {} array (was introduced originally in | > Squeak I | > believe) | > but with the assumption that the expressions all evaluate to | > Associations | > that are limited to a string as key." | > | > So it's not about dynamic arrays, but arrays created with the brace | > syntax. And yes, that was introduced in Squeak. | | Any idea when and for which reason? | | Where are they used these days? | | Which other Smalltalk dialects have adopted it? | | | > | > Btw OrderedCollections are dynamic arrays. | > | > | > Levente | > | >> Is this correct? If yes when? References? | >> Which other Smalltalk dialects do have them? | >> | >> Regards | >> Hannes | >> | >> | >> On 5/8/12, Janko Mivšek <janko.mivsek@eranova.si> wrote: | >> [...snip] | >>> | >>> Dne 08. 05. 2012 09:55, piše Göran Krampe: | >>>> Hi guys! | >>>> | >>>> I just posted an article about JSON/STON/Literal arrays/Tirade - | >>>> and it | >>>> is probably easiest to read at planet.smalltalk.org (my blog has | >>>> a | >>>> rather bad theme I realized): | >>>> | >>>> http://planet.smalltalk.org | >>>> | >>>> ...or at my blog: | >>>> | >>>> http://goran.krampe.se/2012/05/08/literal-arrays-vs-json-vs-ston-vs-tirade | >>>> | >>>> Sven - sorry for beating down a bit on STON in that article, | >>>> nothing | >>>> personal and I love all the stuff you have done, I just have a | >>>> hard | >>>> time | >>>> placing STON in my toolbox. If you can give me good arguments | >>>> why I am | >>>> dead wrong - please do! ;) | >>>> | >>>> And regarding Tirade, feel free to criticize that too of course, | >>>> it is | >>>> still not set in stone and all input is appreciated, including | >>>> telling | >>>> me it sucks :). | >>>> | >>>> The most interesting bit of the article is perhaps my thoughts | >>>> on | >>>> literals in Smalltalk - would be nice to hear what people thinḱ. | >>>> And | >>>> oh, | >>>> sorry for the length of the article - it kinda swelled. | >>>> | >>>> regards, Göran | >> | >> | |