On 31 January 2014 18:03, Andreas Wacknitz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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 > > > > -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.
