The point is a list of strings should be displayed as a b c
and not 'a' 'b' 'c' It shows that often people confuse asString and printString BTW. On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 10:05 PM, Stephane Ducasse <stepharo.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > ? > > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 10:02 PM, Aliaksei Syrel <alex.sy...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am sorry for interrupting this conversation... but >> >> | s | >> s := 'Hello, ''Funny'' World'. >> s displayString = s "false" and not true! >> >> Cheers, >> Alex >> >> On 11 April 2018 at 21:53, Stephane Ducasse <stepharo.s...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> 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 >>> > >>> >>
