Tx we will remove it. In pharo 70 we will have - a classParser with a class definition to handle all the terrible logic of importing - a fluid class definition - and it will help removing duplicated and old logic with a huge number of optional parameters ... Stef
On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 8:25 PM, Benoit St-Jean via Pharo-dev < pharo-dev@lists.pharo.org> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Benoit St-Jean <bstj...@yahoo.com> > To: Pharo Development List <pharo-dev@lists.pharo.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 18:25:53 +0000 (UTC) > Subject: Re: [Pharo-dev] immediateByteSubclass: ? > If that's of any help, I was able to track it back to Squeak 5.0 and it > had no sender in that version too! The author's initials are eem. > > ----------------- > Benoît St-Jean > Yahoo! Messenger: bstjean > Twitter: @BenLeChialeux > Pinterest: benoitstjean > Instagram: Chef_Benito > IRC: lamneth > Blogue: endormitoire.wordpress.com > "A standpoint is an intellectual horizon of radius zero". (A. Einstein) > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Clément Bera <bera.clem...@gmail.com> > *To:* Pharo Development List <pharo-dev@lists.pharo.org> > *Sent:* Friday, May 12, 2017 1:40 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Pharo-dev] immediateByteSubclass: ? > > This one looks strange and seems indeed to be dead code. > > Maybe it was an attempt to make a specific class definition keyword for > CompiledMethod / CompiledCode / CompiledBlock. Right now there is a > specific case in the code somewhere to use the specific compiledCode layout > for those 3 classes instead of the byte layout which is normally used for > the keyword variableByteSubclass: that those 3 classes use. > > I am not sure immediateByteSubclass: makes sense though. I would rather > have compiledCodeSubclass, variablePointerAndByteSubclass or something like > that. > > On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 5:39 PM, Stephane Ducasse <stepharo.s...@gmail.com > > wrote: > > Hi > > with guille we are working on a class parser and our game is to make sure > that we can parse all the crazy class definitions among which > > variableWordSubclass: > ephemeronSubclass: > weakSubclass: > variableByteSubclass: > variableSubclass: > immediateSubclass: > subclass: aSubclassSymbol layout: > > And we found this method definition and it has no senders and we wonder if > it is just plain deadcode? > > immediateByteSubclass: className instanceVariableNames: instvarNames > classVariableNames: classVarNames package: package > "Added to allow for a simplified subclass creation experience. " > > ^ self > immediateSubclass: className > instanceVariableNames: instvarNames > classVariableNames: classVarNames > package: package > > S & G > > > > > >
