Ciao Roberto, Whenever you remove a class that is still referenced in the system, an ObsoleteClass takes the place of the removed class. In the late-bound spirit of Smalltalk, the system allows removing the classes and dealing with the current references later.
If i may question the source of your problem: "a Dictionary (containing receivers of method calls, i.e., classes) that I need to serialize in a file (i.e., using Fuel)", are you sure you need to serialize the actual classes? or just the names? or even a description of the class within Ring? Think about what you are modeling with a Dictionary that holds <messages,set of receivers>, and maybe try to reify that concept. Fernando On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 9:58 PM, Max Leske <maxle...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've had the same problem just recently but am stuck in a bit of work right > now. I hope to elaborate at length tomorrow. > > Quick fix: if you *need* to serialize those classes, simply change the code > so that fuel serializes them. To fix obsolete classes you need to remove all > references to it, be it in a dictionary or in a compiled method where you > used the class name. > Can you post the list of classes that are obsolete? > > Cheers, > Max > > > > On 01.04.2013, at 16:51, roberto.mine...@usi.ch wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm getting crazy about obsolete behaviors and any help here is really >> appreciated. >> >> In a nutshell, I have a Dictionary (containing receivers of method calls, >> i.e., classes) that I need to serialize in a file (i.e., using Fuel). >> >> Fuel returns an error in FLGlobalClassCluster>>#serializeGlobalClass:on: >> complaining that I'm trying to serialize an obsolete class. >> >> Now my question is, apart from executing this small piece of code... >> >> SmalltalkImage current fixObsoleteReferences. >> SystemNavigation new obsoleteBehaviors size > 0 >> ifTrue: [ SystemNavigation new obsoleteBehaviors inspect.] >> >> …in which I discovered to have many obsolete references, how can I "browse" >> and eventually kill such references? >> >> For me the entire "behavior" of obsolete classes is obscure and I don't know >> how those classes are originated. >> More important, I also don't know how to eliminate them. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Roberto >> >> > >
