On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Andrey Larionov <anlario...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Is symbol may contain a value? > As I understand it, the symbol is the value itself. Suppose you use #something. Everywhere in the image you use #something, you will be talking about the same symbol. They don't have a dynamic value as String. I mean, in String you set it a value. In symbols, they already are the value. They are literal. I don't know If I am being clear enough. Greetings, Mariano > > 2009/4/8 Mariano Martinez Peck <marianop...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Andrey Larionov <anlario...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> Two test in FontTest assumes what TextStyle>>default will answer a > >> some Accuny font with some size. But if we override default font - > >> test will fail. I'll try to find solution and fix, but new vm and > >> image crashed during debuging. > >> I think solution will be to create corresponding TextStyle for test. > >> > >> Also i'm a newbie and can some clarify what is DefaultTextStyle? It > >> not declared as instance or class variable. > > > > I am also a but newbie but I think that's a symbol Is it actually > > #DefaultTextStyle ? > > > > If true, yes, it would probably be a symbol. A symbol, as Squeak By > Example > > says is: > > > > " > > Symbols are like Strings, in that they contain a sequence of characters. > > However, unlike a string, a literal symbol is guaranteed to be > globally > > unique. There is only one Symbol object #Hello but there may be > > multiple String objects with the value 'Hello'. > > " > > > > See SBE for more documentation. > > > > However, if there is something that it is not a class neither a class > > variable, it can be a global variable. For example, do a expect it of > > Smalltalk. You may think Smalltalk is a class, but it doesn't. It is > global > > variable. Indeed it is an object of SystemDirectory. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Mariano > > > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Pharo-project mailing list > >> Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr > >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pharo-project mailing list > > Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr > > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >
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