Hi Martin, On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 8:13 AM, Martin Dias <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > The source code of a method could be a Text, with TextAttributes. In such > case, it will be written down to a stream with a "]style[" suffix. Through > a special parsing, the system can reconstruct the original Text. I think > the use of Text in source code or class comments is discouraged, but I > understand we kept support for some backward compatibility. Now, may be > it's time to remove this feature. > > With Pablo, we looked for uses of ]style[ in the .sources and .changes > files of a new Pharo 5.0, and there are no real uses. It appears in some > comments only, as examples. > > We tried to find past discussions about this feature, because we're sure > there were, but we couldn't. > > So, the questions is: > > Can we remove support for text in source code or class comments in > Pharo 5.0? > IIUC, ]style[ also supports things like embedding URL links and method references in class comments. So I would request that it /not/ be removed. It is very useful to put clickable links in class comments. > > I think I can propose a slice. > > Regards, > MartÃn > PS: I was trying to cut dependencies of Text-Core with System-Changes and > System-Changes. > -- _,,,^..^,,,_ best, Eliot
