Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I&#39;m investigating the feasibility of porting a large VAST application to Pharo, so I may have some questions in the coming days. �Here&#39;s my first question:</div><div><br></div><div>VAST has the concept of compile-time constants, using the ##() syntax. �Whatever is in the parentheses is evaluated at compile time, and the result is stored, so the evaluation does not need to happen again when the method is sent later. �E.g., when this method is sent:</div>
<div><br></div><div>printTheNumberToTheTranscript</div><div><br></div><div>� � Transcript nextPutAll: ##( 10 factorial asString ) .</div><div><br></div><div>no calculation or string conversion is necessary, because 10 factorial asString was evaluated at compile time and the answer was stored. �Please note that this is different from array literals, which is how Pharo seems to treat this syntax.</div>
<div><br></div><div>As far as I can tell, Pharo does not have this feature (certainly not with that syntax), but I would love to be proved wrong. �Am I? �Does anyone else have words of wisdom regarding porting a VAST app to Pharo? �Any other language features that are missing? I&#39;m not too concerned about Pragmas, and this app has no GUI, so I&#39;m not concerned about UI framework differences.</div>
<div><br></div><div>� � Thanks,</div><div>� � Bob Hartwig</div><div><br></div>