On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:03:31 +0300 "Igor Stasenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> and i doubt that such 'not-so-three' lines are more readable than line > , presented by me :) true. my oversight. > I suspecting that this code was ported to smalltalk from C, and > 'caseOf:' used simply because it is easier to port things blindly, in > same manner as it was written in original, than doing hard work > rewriting code to accommodate in new language/environment. Or the original implementor was under the impression/constraint that only "primitive" data types could be transmitted. > Of course, i can't blame people doing this. Sometimes we need results > fast. And when things done & working, we need something else to do > (fast as well) :) hmm... I wonder about the long-term effects of this approach though. This instant-gratification-code is what a friend of mine usually left around for me to take care of and clean up and it tends to mutate into dangerous beasts when left unattended for a while. just making smalltalk, s. _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
