Lukas, I had pretty much resigned to going without this - not sure why given how much I grip about other stuff :) There are indeed efficiency considerations, but it's also a big step in compatibility. THANKS!!! Bill Wilhelm K. Schwab, Ph.D. University of Florida Department of Anesthesiology PO Box 100254 Gainesville, FL 32610-0254 Email: bschwab@anest.ufl.edu Tel: (352) 273-6785 FAX: (352) 392-7029

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renggli@gmail.com 01/30/09 4:55 AM >>> so do I understand correctly that your point is to replace asByteArray by #[]

Yes, instead of writing #( 1 2 3 ) asByteArray you write #[ 1 2 3 ] Which is much faster and saves memory, as no conversion and no copying happens at runtime. All Smalltalk dialects (with the exception of GemStone) support this syntax. Pharo should have it too. Lukas -- Lukas Renggli http://www.lukas-renggli.ch _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project