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
