Ok,  that's what i've did. 

Just wanted to check if somebody else also found weird that definition.

Thanks Lukas,

Fernando 


On Feb 11, 2010, at 12:14 AM, Lukas Renggli wrote:

>> Lukas,  do you think the second statement in this method could be removed, 
>> it would take a lot less time to know if a class is abstract.
>> 
>> RBAbstractClass>>isAbstract
>>        (self whichSelectorsReferToSymbol: #subclassResponsibility) isEmpty
>>                ifFalse: [^true].
>>        model allReferencesToClass: self do: [:each | ^false].
>>        ^true
>> 
>> I know it would change the definition of what is an abstract class for RB, 
>> but i'm just wondering if this is ok:
>> 
>> "A Class is abstract if it defines a subclassResponsibility method and no 
>> other classes reference it"
>> 
>> The second clause in my opinion could be avoided.
> 
> Just recently I looked at that definition too. It is a bit strange.
> Also given that it only looks for #subclassResponsibility in the class
> itself and not in the superclasses.
> 
> Unfortunately changing anything breaks some tests. As discussed
> previously there is not a single definition of an abstract class, so
> maybe it is best if you add your own domain-specific implementation of
> #isAbstract.
> 
> Lukas
> 
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