I can't find the thread, but the entire protocol used to al on SmalltalkImage, which grew sort of unwieldy. Then, some time before 1.4, Pharo split off the functionality to separate classes (OSPlatform etc.),
Sometime before the release of Pharo 1.4/ squeak 4.0, it was agreed that adding os / vm etc. accessors to SmalltalkImage (aka the Smalltalk global) would be a good delegation layer that allowed for writing the same code to work on both, without requiring the actual split into separate classes as Pharo did. I *think* it's all still in one place in Squeak, in Pharo, most of the original protocol now resides in the "compatability" protocol IIRC (after all, it *is* a bit nicer to write Smalltalk os/platform name). Anyways, the outcome is that in general, using Smalltalk xx yyy constructs should be what yields the widest support for the lowest amount of effort. Cheers, Henry > On 05 Jul 2016, at 1:17 , monty <[email protected]> wrote: > > This would be cleaner than my current fix, so I'll try it, thanks. > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2016 at 6:12 AM >> From: "Henrik Johansen" <[email protected]> >> To: "Pharo Development List" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Pharo-dev] XMLWriter does not load in development in Pharo >> >> If the goal is x-platform, the magic incantation that works in both Pharo >> and Squeak, is >> Smalltalk os platformName. >> >> Cheers, >> Henry >>> On 05 Jul 2016, at 10:41 , Cyril Ferlicot Delbecque >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> There was a commit in XMLWriter using `Smalltalk plateformName >>> asLowercase beginsWith: 'win'` in the initialisation of the writer >>> class. #plateformName does not exist in the Pharo image so it's >>> impossible to load the development version of XMLWriter in Pharo at the >>> moment. >>> >>> Instead I think it should use `OSPlatform current isWindows`. Or even >>> better: `OSPlatform current lineEnding`. Since I don't know if XMLWriter >>> is a Pharo project or if it's loadable in other Smalltalk I prefer to >>> send a mail instead of changing the code myself. >>> >>> -- >>> Cyril Ferlicot >>> >>> http://www.synectique.eu >>> >>> 165 Avenue Bretagne >>> Lille 59000 France >>> >> >> >
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