Esteban, Go rest your brain cells... Vacations are always too short!
Phil On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 9:35 PM, Esteban Lorenzano <[email protected]> wrote: > probably, but in any case it has to be implemented using existing idioms, > not repeating code, which was the core of my point. > > crap. I really need to turn off my computer or I will continue watching > mails ;) > > Esteban > > On 05 Jan 2015, at 17:25, Tudor Girba <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > As discussed in this thread, I do not see a reason for implementing this > method in Object. > > Having it in Collection/UndefinedObject can make some sense (although I do > not really like it) for working with variables that can be either > collection or nil. > > Cheers, > Doru > > > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 8:59 PM, Esteban Lorenzano <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> in any case, we already have the idiom #isEmptyOrNil (btw, in pharo4 it >> was removed from Object and I don’t know why, but is still in Collection >> and in UndefinedObject). >> So, in case of adding it, the correct implementation should be: >> >> 1) restore Object>>#isEmptyOrNil ^ false >> 2) implement: >> >> Object>>#ifEmptyOrNil: aBlock >> self isEmptyOrNil ifTrue: aBlock. >> ^ self >> >> which IMO is the clean way to implement such idiom. >> >> said that, I will go back to my vacations :) >> >> Esteban >> >> >> >> On 05 Jan 2015, at 15:47, Esteban A. Maringolo <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> El Mon Jan 05 2015 at 3:36:50 PM, stepharo <[email protected]> escribió: >> >>> >>> This is not because some people may not know how to program in other >>> languages that we should copy that. >>> >> >> I share your "taste" for this kind of code. >> >> But this purist approach raises the bar leaving out a lot of developers >> with poor design/modelling skills. The more 1:1 mappings they can bring in >> from their previous language of choice, the better, and higher the odds >> they'll clinge on Pharo and continue using it. >> >> To make both "sides" of this discussion happy I think the base image >> shouldn't include this, and there can be an extra package with these >> "language" extensions. >> >> Regards! >> >> >> >> > > > -- > www.tudorgirba.com > > "Every thing has its own flow" > > >
