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.
> 


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