Cool. Thanks Jeff.
cheers -ben
J.F. Rick wrote:
I went ahead and created two cases in FogBugz for the
respective issues:
https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/13186/Syntax-Highlighting-Distinguish-Assignment-and-Comparison
https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/13187/Syntax-Highlighting-Messa
I went ahead and created two cases in FogBugz for the respective issues:
https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/13186/Syntax-Highlighting-Distinguish-Assignment-and-Comparison
https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/13187/Syntax-Highlighting-Messages-with-2-Arguments
That way this issue won't be completely f
himself, Hypercard-like :)
Thierry
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Objet : Re: [Pharo-dev] Suggested Syntax Highlighting Features for Beginners
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Pharo4Stef wrote:
> Did you also see that what I like is to make a distinction between a
> possible selector and a wrong one? because this is nice.
>
Yes, that is nice. My guess is that for beginning programmers (rather than
programmers new to Pharo), it might be
On 04 Apr 2014, at 19:26, J.F. Rick wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Ben Coman wrote:
> For assignment, I would say bold both := and the variable being assigned to.
>
> I like that a lot, especially since it draws the two critical elements of
> variable and assignment together. On a m
I fail to see confusion as a bad thing though. For me confusion is part of
the learning process. Being successful at something is about developing the
skills for it and that takes time and practice.
I am no beginner or pro coder but frankly I am glad that assignment is :=
and comparison is =. Cant
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Ben Coman wrote:
> For assignment, I would say bold both := and the variable being assigned
> to.
>
I like that a lot, especially since it draws the two critical elements of
variable and assignment together. On a minor note, both := and = are
currently the same co
J.F. Rick wrote:
Smalltalk is a pretty great language, but its syntax is unusual. I've
taught introductory programming in Pharo three times and, in my
experience, there are two places where novices get repeatedly confused
with syntax.
First, there is the differences between assignment := and
Smalltalk is a pretty great language, but its syntax is unusual. I've
taught introductory programming in Pharo three times and, in my experience,
there are two places where novices get repeatedly confused with syntax.
First, there is the differences between assignment := and comparison = .
Obvious
