On 31 January 2014 18:03, Andreas Wacknitz <[email protected]> wrote:

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> 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.
>
> +1


>
> >
> > 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.
>
> +1


> Regards
> Andreas
>
>
>
>


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