https://pharo.fogbugz.com/default.asp?15399 Fix in inbox: SLICE-Issue-15399-SmalltalkImage-Thin-Proliferation-of-File-Access-Messages-SeanDeNigris.2 ### Motivation There was a proliferation of methods in SmalltalkImage for accessing files like sources, changes, and image. The problems were twofold: 1. The interface was complicated with the only benefit being saving a few characters of typing - not worth it! In particular, #vmDirectory instead of "vm directory" seems particularly not-worth-it. 2. It was encouraging strange code, like in ScriptLoader, where the name was taken, and because we were dealing with strings instead of real file objects, #basenameWithoutIndicator was reimplemented `Smalltalk shortImageName copyUpToLast: $.`. And then CodeHolder `sourcesName := Smalltalk sourcesName asFileReference basename.` was using it to reconstruct a real file object which could easily have been gotten via #imageFile. ### Changes #### This version - Deprecate #changesName, #shortImageName, #sourcesName, #vmBinary, and #vmDirectory. Saving a few characters of typing is not worth the complication of interface. - Move all deprecated methods into Deprecated50 package - Update all users - clean up inconsistently named protocols - [OT]: Enhance #basenameWithoutExtension comment #### v. 1 - deprecated SmalltalkImage>>imageName - removed duplicated primitive - changed wrong comment ----- Cheers, Sean -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Request-Review-Issue-15399-SmalltalkImage-Thin-Prolife... Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com.