On 4/1/09, Michael van der Gulik <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/1/09, Ray Feliciano <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi there, >> >> New to Squeak and the mailing list. Just had a question was hoping >> someone >> could answer. I'm currently following the Laser Game Development Example >> by >> Stephen Wessels and have hit a road block. I'm using Squeak image >> 3.10.2-7179-basic. >> >> Tutorial Link: http://squeak.preeminent.org/tut2007/html/ >> Step I'm On: http://squeak.preeminent.org/tut2007/html/028.html >> >> I've gone back and checked to make sure I had all the code written the >> same >> way, in the same places (I didn't at first) but 4 sUnit tests wont pass >> for >> the MirrorCellTestCase. I get Error: only integers should be used as >> indices. Now, going through the debugger I notice the error happens when >> my >> MirrorCell "cell" hits the code: 'self exitSides at: #north put: #east.' >> >> I'm guessing this should be a number. Yet, since I'm new to Squeaking and >> trying to follow along, I don't want to mess anything up that may affect >> later portions of the tut. Any ideas, suggestions, comments? > > No, it shouldn't be a number. I've just had a quick look at the > tutorial (never looked at it before). > > I suspect "self exitSides" is returning "nil" rather than a Dictionary > like it should. When you call >>at:put: like you did on a nil, you get > the error you got. Personally, I think this is a bug in Squeak; the > error is very misleading. > > Umm... the fix is obvious for an experienced Smalltalker but a little > non-trivial to walk through using email. Jump on IRC and ask me there:
er... except that I can't connect to IRC right now :-(. Gulik. -- http://gulik.pbwiki.com/ _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list [email protected] http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
