Re: [Newbies] Testing = and == in workspace

2012-01-08 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 08.01.2012, at 00:48, Ben Coman wrote: For some naive reason I thought that the SmallIntegers would stop at 64k. No, SmallIntegers currently use the full 31 bit range: {SmallInteger maxVal hex. SmallInteger minVal hex} == #('16r3FFF' '-16r4000') Is it platform

Re: [Newbies] class method #initializeClass vs. #initialize

2012-01-08 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 08.01.2012, at 06:21, Ben Coman wrote: I have come across a class method initializeClass with a comment Do not rename to #initialize. Is that a generic concern ? It is pretty unusual. This particular case is from BaseUnit initializeClass from http://www.squeaksource.com/Units.html