Hi, Am 2011-02-16 um 10:24 schrieb Nicolas Cellier: > I started referencing Smalltalk idioms at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_programming_languages_(string_functions) > I could have focused on ANSI but have chosen Squeak/Pharo. Feel free > to correct me and to complete me. > > This is a very enlighting exercize, especially for pointing when API > turns to be not that bright. > During my perigrination, I notably noticed this: > > #compare: returns 1, 2, or 3 : this is both very object oriented, very > intuitive and very standard and the rest of the world is stupid, > unless... > > #findLastOccurrenceOfString:startingAt: in its current form is stupid > to my taste, because > 1) implementation is inefficient > 2) the startingAt: only skip the beginning of the string which seems > odd for a rfind operation > I would rather expect this kind of usage: > last := aString findLastOccurrenceOfString: 'to' startingAt: aString size. > lastButOne := aString findLastOccurrenceOfString: 'to' startingAt: last - 1. > > The CamelCase is sometimes abusive like #includesSubString:
While I’m with you in the preceding part, the following is incorrect: > > There is no format. I know, purists will tell me that encoding a > format in a cryptic string is not in the Smalltalk spirit, but please > then tell me how to specify a formatting efficiently and also remove > cryptic regex encoding (a pity, it's not in trunk). see String>>format: "format the receiver with aCollection simplest example: 'foo {1} bar' format: {Date today}. complete example: '\{ \} \\ foo {1} bar {2}' format: {12. 'string'}. " as well as the String>>expandMacros* methods. The latter seem more elaborate but unused, however. So Long, -Tobias