+1 On Nov 12, 2013, at 4:39 PM, Johan Fabry <jfa...@dcc.uchile.cl> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I am preparing slides for a course. I came to the typical: > > Number subclass: #Complex > instanceVariableNames: 'real imaginary' > classVariableNames: '' > poolDictionaries: '' > category: 'ComplexNumbers' > > Which made me think: Who uses poolDictionaries? I suspect extremely few of > us. > > Why not add this to Class: > Class>>subclass: aSymbol instanceVariableNames: instVarNames > classVariableNames: classVarNames category: aSymbol > ^self subclass: aSymbol > instanceVariableNames: instVarNames > classVariableNames: classVarNames > poolDictionaries: '' > category: aSymbol > > And have the new class template as follows? > > Object subclass: #NameOfSubclass > instanceVariableNames: '' > classVariableNames: '' > category: 'Kernel-Classes' > > It would be a bit cleaner. I know us old timers don't even see the > poolDictionaries: line anymore, but I dislike having to explain it to > students. > > Greetings, > > ---> Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org <--- > > Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry > PLEIAD lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile > >
