-1 for replacing ~= with != because it is not better at all +1 for avoiding it altogether like you suggest -1 for changing ~= to mean #closeTo: I like the longer name
my 2c On 26 Jun 2014, at 10:15, Christophe Demarey <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to make a suggestion that may lead to a long debate but let's > go: What do you think about deprecating ~= and replace it with != for example? > Why? In mathematics the symbol ~ is used for equivalence. To me (and I think > any newcomer to Smalltalk) the first guess of the meaning of ~= is equivalent > to => missed. The meaning is totally different: "Answer whether the receiver > and the argument do not represent the same object." > > I never used this method because it is too confusing for me. I prefer to use > (a = b) not or (a = b) ifFalse:. > So, the discussion is open ... > > Christophe
