On 25 June 2013 10:51, Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Jun 25, 2013, at 10:47 AM, Igor Stasenko <siguc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 25 June 2013 10:28, Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Jun 24, 2013, at 6:59 PM, Camillo Bruni <camillobr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On 2013-06-24, at 18:55, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.duca...@inria.fr> >>>> 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? >
Object selectors select: [ :each | each beginsWith: 'is' ] #(#isThisEverCalled #isMorphicEvent #isCollection #isSpecLayout #isCodeCompletionAllowed #isComplex #isTransferable #isLiteral #isKindOf: #isInterval #isMorphicModel #isStream #isMorph #isPoint #isTrait #isCompiledMethod #isCharacter #isMessageSend #isText #isBlock #isRectangle #isContext #isBehavior #isArray #isVariableBinding #isColorForm #isSymbol #isDictionary #isHeap #isNumber #isSystemWindow #isThisEverCalled: #isString #isNotNil #isRingObject #isMethodProperties #isInteger #isFraction #isColor #is: #isClosure #isFloat #isMemberOf: #isForm #isSelfEvaluating) you welcome :) >> >>> 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. >> > > -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.
