It's an implementation of namespaces. In other languages, at the top of your file, you'll often see things like...
#include <math.h> or require "Foo" or import x.y.z Environments basically does that for Smalltalk. It's a way of breaking up the global namespace into smaller namespaces which don't ordinarily need to share state or behavior. I haven't used it yet myself though, so that's the limit of what I know about it, and I may be wrong about the various details. On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Bruce Prior <[email protected]> wrote: > What is Environments? > > TIA, > Bruce > On 2013-07-08 5:00 AM, [email protected]: > > Send Beginners mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Beginners digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Scope? (Sean P. DeNigris) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 17:41:14 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Sean P. DeNigris" <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > Subject: [Newbies] Re: Scope? > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Casey Ransberger-2 wrote > > I think Squeak and Pharo are running Environments now > > No namespaces yet for Pharo... > > > > ----- > Cheers, > Sean > -- > View this message in context: > http://forum.world.st/Scope-tp4694748p4697757.html > Sent from the Squeak - Beginners mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Beginners mailing > [email protected]http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners > > > End of Beginners Digest, Vol 87, Issue 4 > **************************************** > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Beginners mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners > > -- Casey Ransberger
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