i would like session to support a cache. something like either: Smalltalk session at: x ifAbsentPut: [ y ] or Smalltalk session cacheAt: x ifAbsentPut: [ y ]
On 13 September 2013 17:27, Camillo Bruni <camillobr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2013-09-13, at 12:09, Chris Cunningham <cunningham...@gmail.com> wrote: > > so, if this is a class, would Session be an appropriate superclass for a > > WebSession class? or any other type of Session class? > > I would say so. It is as generic as the name suggests. The class is > lightweight > and only contains the time when it was created. > > > That particular > > name would seem to collide with other forms of Sessions, wouldn't it? Or > > is this safely hidden in a Pharo Environment, so it won't collide > elsewhere > > (or entice other developers to try to use it for other Session style > > objects)? > > It is a normal class, thus yes, collision is possible. Again, it can easily > serve as a superclass for other session-like objects. > -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.