Thanks denis!
No problem syrel I was also dead tired :)
On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 10:19 AM, Denis Kudriashov <dionisi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok. I opened the issue 21689
>
> 2018-04-11 22:06 GMT+02:00 Stephane Ducasse <stepharo.s...@gmail.com>:
>>
>> 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
>> >>> >
>> >>>
>> >>
>>
>
