Ok, got it. Thanks for all the explanations! On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Lukas Renggli <[email protected]> wrote:
> #become: swaps the two pointers, so both objects continue to exist. > > Use the asymmetric variant #becomeForward: to get rid of an object. > > And you probably also need a "Smalltalk garbageCollect" to make the > object really disappear. > > Lukas > > > > 2009/12/2 Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]>: > > become: changes the pointer pointing to the objects not the object > itself. > > So I'm not sure that instance should be changed. > > > > If I remember correctly what allinstances does is that it use nextObject > to > > iterate over the object spaces. > > > > Stef > > > > On Dec 2, 2009, at 10:21 AM, Mariano Martinez Peck wrote: > > > >> Hi! Look this peace of code: > >> > >> | instance | > >> instance := TestCase new. > >> Transcript show: TestCase allInstances size; cr. > >> instance become: 'aString'. > >> Transcript show: TestCase allInstances size; cr. > >> > >> > >> The size of TestCase instances is always the same. Although I used > become: (and changed to an instance of another class) to one of its > instances. > >> > >> So, my main question is, is this correct ? Or the message allInstances > to TestCase should not take into account the instance I sent the message > become: ? > >> > >> Thanks in advance. > >> > >> Mariano > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Pharo-project mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pharo-project mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > > > > > -- > Lukas Renggli > http://www.lukas-renggli.ch > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >
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