> Hi Norbert--
>
>> Class names are globals. A class is registered in a global namespace
>> by its name. Names need to be looked up. How should it work in
>> another way?
>
> Get rid of globals. Make the root classes elements of the special
> objects array (Object already is), and look up classes through that.
> Make everything else that used to be a global (like Transcript) the
> responsibility of some class, and use them by sending messages. This
> also makes the modularization straightforward.
This is what we did with
Smalltalk -> self environment.
Smalltalk -> SmalltalkImage current
Now I wonder if it really solves the problem that has igor (this is true that I
would prefer to avoid to
have specific declaration.
Now what would be good is to have a protocol to systematically initialize such
"global" even when they
are attached to classes.
> There's no need for a system dictionary. It was a profound and
> long-lived mistake.
In the midterm I want to get rid of it (by splitting it and distributing into
module) but it will take
time.
