2014-02-28 18:26 GMT-03:00 Chris Cunningham <[email protected]>:
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 6:07 AM, Esteban A. Maringolo <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> I have a naive question...
>>
>> Why if the BasicCodeLoader handler looks for .st files does the
>> Workpace offer .ws as the default extension?
>
> Well, the workspace doesn't just use chuck format - in fact, you rarely put
> in chunk format into a workspace (or do you?  I certainly don't).  Also,
> workspaces allow for dynamic local variables - which normal chunk loaders
> don't.  The two things behave differently.  .st is explicitly for runnable
> code - workspaces are for more than just code - more of a scratch pad.

I know, but the cmd line handler isn't a chunk reader. It compiles the
content of the file and evaluate it all at once. And explicitly
expects for files with .st extension (I don't understand such
restriction).

I don't put chunk in a workspace either (actually I don't know how to
properly read a chunk file in Pharo).

tl;dr Frankly I don't like the .ws extension at all. It's a matter of habit. :)

Regards!



Esteban A. Maringolo

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