Yes I think that | s | s := 'Hello, ''Funny'' World'. s displayString = s. "true" s printString = s. "false"
is ok and widgets should use displayString. Stef On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 5:28 PM, Esteban A. Maringolo <emaring...@gmail.com> wrote: > Isn't #displayString implemented in terms of #displayOn: the same way > #printString is implemented in terms of "printOn:"? > > And in the case of String #displayString should return the receiver (it > is, self), so the following should be true. > > | s | > s := 'Hello, ''Funny'' World'. > s displayString = s. "true" > s printString = s. "false" > > Regards, > > > On 10/04/2018 12:21, Denis Kudriashov wrote: >> Hi. >> >> According to the comment of #displayString it should be used as default >> textual representation of objects in the UI: >> >> "While printString is about to give a detailled information about an >> object, displayString is a message that should return a short >> string-based representation to be used by list and related UI >> frameworks. By default, simply return printString." >> "asString should not be implemented in Object, and kept for >> conversion between strings, symbols, text and characters." >> >> But String itself does not respect this message: >> >> 'some string' displayString " ==> '''someString''' " >> >> >> Is it bug? Or is there any reason for this? >> >> Best regards, >> Denis > > -- > Esteban A. Maringolo >
