On 30 Jan 2014, at 20:03, Eliot Miranda <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Esteban Lorenzano <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 30 Jan 2014, at 19:43, Torsten Bergmann <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I checked: it was introduced in update no. 30711 with #issue 12163 > > including the following statements: > > > >> "Who uses poolDictionaries? I suspect extremely few of us." > >> ... > >> "It would be a bit cleaner. I know us old timers don't even see the > >> poolDictionaries: line anymore, but >I dislike having to explain it to > >> students." > > > > > > <humor> > > I would also vote for not displaying Traits anymore. It confuses me when I > > see them. > > Instance variables are also overvalued - we should remove them from the > > default > > template too. It's just too confusing to have them there. > > > > And categories now make no sense either - we now have real packages. Let's > > remove them > > since nobody understands them. > > he, humor or not, is our objective to replace them for real packages. Is just > that we still do not have the time :) > > So VMMaker will get completely broken :-(. Has everyone forgotten IIABDFI? it will be compatible, when we do it… and will be compatible for a long time. but don’t worry, in any case it will not happen in a really *long* time :) and the problem of brokenness, is that it depends a lot on points of view and purposes. Esteban > > > > > Object subclass: #Foo > > > > would be much easier to understand! Maybe we should remove superclass as > > well - lets > > inherit from Object. Would also avoid deep hierarchies like Morphic ;) > > </humor> > > > > But for real: > > If it is too complicated for students one could build a custom "teaching" > > image. > > > > From the info I see on the issue tracker it sounds to me like an "academic" > > change > > - still do not understand the real reason... > > > > Bye > > T. > > -- > best, > Eliot
