Hi ben

we could update the configurationOfXMLReader.
But the right solution is to define a new configuration loading GT-Tools, XMLReader and your extensions.
In pharo 40 we could consider that GT-Tools is loaded.
Now I think that making the dependencies explicit is important.

So what do you think of...
* Updating ConfigurationOfXMLParser to automatically load the extensions for Pharo4.
* Moving the package into the XML-Parser repository so it sits next to other compatibility packages like XML-Parser-GemstoneCompatability -- and possibly renaming it something like XML-Parser-GT-Extensions.
The package I maintain with monty is in PharoExtras so I would prefer not to change its location.

Stef




I would prefer to qualify the extensions by the tool they refer to: GT-InspectorExtensions-*, GT-SpotterExtensions-* etc.

gtDisplayOn: should be more in the inspector, but probably some were added mostly in the spotter so they ended up in the less optimal package.

okay. good to understand.
cheers -ben

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Cheers,
Doru



On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Ben Coman <btc@openinworld.com> wrote:
I happened to need to use and XML Parser for the first time and found inspecting the structure awkward, so I added some GTInspector extensions to XML-Parser. This is uploaded as XML-Parser-BenComan.304 to��http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~PharoExtras/XMLParser.�� Could someone who uses XML regularly check if these are reasonable?

Now should these methods be packaged separately somehow, since they are likely not of interest to other Smalltalk flavours? ����

btw I gave them a protocol of "GT-Extensions" - but I also considered "moldable-tools" and "tools-extensions".�� If there a preference?�� This will likely be a common occurrence across the community, so we should try for a consistent convention across the community for such extensions.

btw2, I notice that #gtDisplayOn: implementors are fairly evenly split between [GT-InspectorExtensions-Core] and [GT-SpotterExtensions-Core].�� Are they really separated like this in their use?

cheers -ben



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