Thanks James

This is pretty much the right questions :)
And I would love to have money to solve the problems the way I would like but life is a compromise. 

S

On 3 Sep 2020, at 20:50, Smalltalk@jgfoster.net <Smalltalk@JGFoster.net> wrote:


On Sep 3, 2020, at 9:49 AM, Trygve Reenskaug <trygver@ifi.uio.no> wrote:

The .sources file has been optional for as long as I can remember.  
Is it OK for list that somebody breaks this tradition? 
Trygve

Hi Trygve,

I���m not sure what you mean by this question. 

Are you asking, ���Is it acceptable to have code that relies on reflection in order to operate properly?��� To this question I would answer ���yes��� since some things are easier to do using reflection.

Or are you asking, ���Would it be better to not have FFI at all until it can be implemented without reflection?��� To this question I would answer  ���no��� since people that don���t want reflection can choose to forego features that require it.

Or are you asking, ���Would it be nice if someone could do the work to implement FFI without reflection?��� To this question I would answer ���yes.��� Unfortunately, there is a cost involved.

So were you asking one of those questions or something else?

James

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