I vote for the #bind* (ej, #bindToClass) or similar. The #asX... means casting for me.
I'd expect that `#Foo asClass` answer a new class named #Foo. Regards, Esteban A. Maringolo 2013/5/2 Igor Stasenko <siguc...@gmail.com>: > On 2 May 2013 16:56, Frank Shearar <frank.shea...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 2 May 2013 15:37, Ben Coman <b...@openinworld.com> wrote: >>> Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote: >>>> >>>> On 02 May 2013, at 06:03, Igor Stasenko <siguc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi, all >>>>> >>>>> do not think that i am drunk or vent crazy, asking such silly >>>>> question, which at best should be asked only by beginner :) >>>>> >>>>> I know the answer: >>>>> >>>>> Smalltalk at: #SomeName >>>>> >>>>> or >>>>> >>>>> Smalltalk globals at: #SomeName >>>>> >>>>> what stroke me, just now, that both answers is wrong! >>>>> >>>>> It should be: >>>>> >>>>> #SomeName asGlobal >>>>> >>>>> (or suggest more appropriate/precise method name for a symbol) >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ConfigurationOfXYZ globalValue project bleedingEdge load. >>>> >>>> ConfigurationOfXYZ globalValueIfPresent: [ :configuration | configuration >>>> project bleedingEdge load ] >>>> >>>> An alternative could be globalBinding, but that is more technical. >>>> >>>> #asGlobal sounds like a conversion, on the other hand it is an accepted >>>> idiom. >>>> >>> >>> >>> #asGlobal feels confusing to me. It doesn't sound like a lookup. Some >>> other alternatives: >>> >>> #SomeName fromGlobal >>> #SomeName from: someOtherEnvironment >>> >>> #SomeName fromEnvironment "the current one" >>> #SomeName fromEnvironment: someOtherEnvironment >>> >>> #SomeName fromEnv: someOtherEnvironment >>> #SomeName fromEnv "the current one" >>> >>> >>> but why bother at all. What is the advantage over this: >>> >>> Smalltalk at: #xx put: 1. >>> xx inspect. >> >> But the use case here is when you want to reference a class that has >> not yet been loaded, which happens every time you run a load script >> for a ConfigurationOf. >> > yes, so you write: > > #ConfigurationOfXYZ asClass load. > > instead of: > > (Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfXYZ) load. > > >> frank > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko. >
