On 26 Jun 2014, at 13:27, Sven Van Caekenberghe <s...@stfx.eu> wrote:
> -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 Yes, but this way we can end up with the names like: #lessThanOrCloseTo: :) > > my 2c > > On 26 Jun 2014, at 10:15, Christophe Demarey <christophe.dema...@inria.fr> > 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 > >
