On Mar 3, 2010, at 1:28 PM, Henrik Johansen wrote:

> 
> 
> Den 03.03.2010 10:36, skrev Stéphane Ducasse:
>> Browser vs SystemNavigation and much more such as abstraction (traits kind 
>> of mistakes) for the sake of it.
>> 
>> I was thinking that I would love to have a message-oriented solution.
>> One of these days 1.2 we will have to clean Smalltalk, SmalltalkImage 
>> current.
>> The mail is long but worth to get some ideas that you may like or not.
>> 
>> Stef
>> 
> I have to say I support what to me seemed like the general consensus on
> this, that the separation just didn't go far enough to make it worth it :)
> I especially like the
> Smalltalk vm parameterAt:
> Smalltalk query allCallsOn:
> etc.
> protocol, sure you add a globals category to SystemDictionary, but to me
> the resulting code looks much better than both the current state of 
> SmalltalkImage vmParameterAt: and SystemNavigation current allCallsOn:
> (or were those class methods?), and the old where SystemDictionary was a
> complete mess.

I agree with part of it (see my next/previous mail :)

even if for SystemNavigation I do not really like Smalltalk query ccalll....

> The important thing if this becomes the solution, is deciding what goes
> where, (in a consistent fashion across forks),

I'm sure that we will be able to have something that is cross fork. I do not 
have the energy
to argue.

> as well as the level of
> backwards-compatibility packages should be offered/deprecation methods
> kept in the image.

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