So what, everybody has to either rewrite all old printStrings or add new gtDisplayStrings ? That is crazy, especially for cross platform packages.
It would be quite easy to rewrite GTInspector>>#printObjectAsAnItem: to not add the prefix if it is already present. On 06 Oct 2014, at 13:33, Tudor Girba <tu...@tudorgirba.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Yes, the label does introduce redundancy in some cases, but that is because > the use of printString has to be rethought :) > > printString was used for a long time as a primary inspection tool. Because of > that it tries to do too much (like adding the class name), and it is > certainly not suitable for a label. > > gtDisplayString is meant for labeling the content of the object. It is used > also for things like a list. As soon as you will do something with your > objects, you will want to have something smaller. There is no need to have > the class part of that string. Relying on that convention is brittle, as it > is easy for people to not have the class name in there. But, for an > inspector, having the class at all times is a prerequisite, so that will be > displayed always separately (to ensure that the right information is offered). > > gtDisplayString relies on printString by default, so people can provide the > labels at their convenience. > > Cheers, > Doru > > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <s...@stfx.eu> wrote: > I think the titles of GT-Inspector windows/panes are a bit silly: > > <Screen Shot 2014-10-06 at 13.13.41.png> > > Notice the 'a ZnClient(a ZnClient)' and 'a Dictionary(a Dictionary(...))' > where the class name is repeated. > > I think it is very important to honour the standard/general Smalltalk > approach and assume the #printString already contains the class name. If not, > you are basically punishing everybody who went through the trouble of writing > custom #printString implementation (like me, I do this for most classes). > > I saw the whole #display thing, but you can't force everybody to rewrite > #printString to #gtDisplayString or whatever. > > Sven > > > > > -- > www.tudorgirba.com > > "Every thing has its own flow"
