[Pharo-project] Use of #asMorph
Hello, lists i'd like to ask an intricate question. Suppose that your morph acts as a container, which needs to hold an items, retrieved from a model object. A model's elements could be any object, and may choose to represent them in a way they like it. So, for instance, if we taking a list, the list elements is represented by a morphs not simple strings. Now, a question: is it fine to use #asMorph as a message to 'convert' a model's item to a morph, which then can be used to reflect given item in list? I.e. something like: model itemsDo: [:item | self addMorph: item asMorph ] In this way, a list is built from morphs, and each list item choosing by itself, what morph should be used to represent itself in a list. But by saying A, we usually need to say B: an object could choose different representation depending on container's properties: model itemsDo: [:item | self addMorph: (item asMorphIn: self) ] So, for example, a compiled method, could choose to represent itself in a list as a simple string with own selector, while in text editor it could choose to display own source code. What you would do in such case? -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko AKA sig.
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Igor Stasenko