Why does it make no sense?
To a first approximation,
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=
��WHATEVER withAll: aCollection
Consider
��'CAB' asSet
��'CAB' asArray
��'CAB' asSortedCollection
��'CAB' asBag
and so on.�� They all mean "an instance of the class named
in the selector with the elements of the receiver."
Why should #asString be any different?
Good point.����
There may be counter arguments (I've only considered this briefly)
but where possible it seems reasonable��that the asXXXX selectors should be able to round-trip.
i.e... 'abc' asByteArray asString ==> 'abc'
in which case... 'abc' asArray asString ==> '#($a $b $c)�� seems wrong.
That result seems more suitable to #printString or #displayString,
particularly considering Richards next insight...
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Why on earth does #($a $b $c) asString make no sense
when #($a $b $c) as: String
-- which we expect to do the same thing -- DOES apparently
make sense?
cheers -ben
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