2015-09-04 21:27 GMT+02:00 Eliot Miranda <[email protected]>: > 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 missed that too, why did we remove that? > > >> >> 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 >
