Re: [Pharo-dev] Mutation of symbols

Hi Norbert, On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 1:37 PM, Norbert Hartl <norbert@hartl.name> wrote:

What is the purpose of

ByteSymbol>>#privateAt:put: ByteSymbol>>#string: WideSymbol>>#privateAt:put: WideSymbol>>#string:

?

thanks,

Norbert

I *think* they're a hack for creating new Symbols. A better approach would be to create a ByteString or a WideString and then use adoptInstance: to change the String's class to the relevant Symbol class. _,,,^..^,,,_ best, Eliot