On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 02:47:03PM +0000, Henrik Nergaard wrote:
> What about 
> 
> Symbol >>#asIcon
> 
>    ^ Smalltalk ui icons iconNamed: self 
> 
> Then one can do: "#add asIcon" ?

+1

> 
> Best regards,
> Henrik
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pharo-dev [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter 
> Uhnak
> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 4:34 PM
> To: Pharo Development List <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Pharo-dev] Smalltalk ui icons vs iconNamed: vs @
> 
> Hi,
> 
> My understanding is that now instead of
> 
> Smalltalk ui icons smallConfigurationIcon
> 
> I should do
> 
> Smalltalk ui iconNamed: #smallConfigurationIcon
> 
> This is however really unpractical, because it changes the operator priority, 
> so I have to wrap it in parentheses every single time.
> 
> Button new
>       icon: (... iconNamed: ...)
> 
> How about we add '@' or another binary selector so we can avoid the 
> parentheses?
> 
> Peter
> 
> 

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