Hi Marcus,

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 11:29 PM, Marcus Denker <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
> On 25 Sep 2014, at 23:02, [email protected] wrote:
>
> > Well, the full story is that the decompiler is now gone with Opal.
> >
> There is a decompiler again in Pharo4
>
> > So, there were 3 in the beginning. So, of course with 2, this becomes a
> switch.
> >
> > Why no decompiler anymore, for the layman I am?
> >
> The *option* of showing decompiled code in the browser: Honestly, I do not
> get
> why this was useful, ever.
>

I can think of three reasons.

1. mutable literals.  using the decompiler is a quick way to check if a
literal has been corrupted/modified

2. if you're working on the decompiler this is convenient

3. when Dan's encode temp names in trailer and decompile scheme was being
developed/used there would be no need to display sources


>         Marcus
>



-- 
best,
Eliot

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