Am 31.01.2014 um 14:40 schrieb Johan Fabry <[email protected]>: > Hi Torsten, > > I think it is a design decision / tradeoff, and therefore there is no > fundamentally "right way" to do it. For me, it is the same case as the uses: > message for Traits. It's not in the template by default because it is used > very infrequently. So for language simplicity it should not be there. For me, > simplicity is one of the core points of Smalltalk so this is why I feel > strongly about it.
I don’t see how this change make Smalltalk (the language) simpler. For me this change looks more like an obfuscation than a simplification. > > When I say "very infrequently", this is of course a fuzzy metric, I know. And > I understand that you do not agree with this design decision. > > But on the other hand, I don't think that it is too hard to remember where to > add the pooldictionaries: line if you need it, and the old message with this > line still works, so all old examples still work. How should newcomers know how to enter pool dictionaries? I rarely use pool dictionaries and if I will need it I surely have forgotten about this change and expect irritation and frustration. So, a -1 for this change from my side. Regards Andreas
