On Jun 25, 2013, at 10:47 AM, Igor Stasenko <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 25 June 2013 10:28, Esteban Lorenzano <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Jun 24, 2013, at 6:59 PM, Camillo Bruni <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On 2013-06-24, at 18:55, Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> the isBlah is not optimal now it is just there and we cannot rewrite >>>> everything. >>>> I still think that is: is a nice way to kill some of the isPlague in >>>> Object. >>> >>> I still don't see what you solve, and the idea to use symbols for #is: is >>> also >>> wrong, for me that's going back to string-based programming. >> >> well, that's basically my argument agains #is: >> IMO is also an important performance issue in many cases, because is >> replacing a simple send with a string comparison and that can provoke >> slowdowns in some places (no idea where, this is just theoretical :)... >> Of course, as "pharo designers" we should be careful on not overpopulate >> Object with isBlah methods... but sometimes they are needed :) >> > yes, but please, do that, after you remove rest of isXXX methods in Object :) which rest? > >> TL;DR: I agree with Camillo :) > > >> >>> >>> anyway, this topic has been discussed with enough hot air so far and no >>> progress, >>> which means it is absolutely not important. there are more urgent things to >>> done... >> >> > > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko. >
