> Ok, I'm going slightly off-topic here. But what makes me wonder is that it is > > Behavior>>isAbstractClass > > and not > > Class>>isAbstractClass
Good point. Someone else agree with this change? If yes, I do it. > And wouldn't it than be > > Class>>basicNew > self isAbstractClass ifTrue: [ self error: 'An abstract class cannot be > instantiated' ]. > ^ super basicNew > > if you want to avoid abstract classes being instantiated? Not to forget > basicNew: The whole mailing list will express its wrath if you do this. > Just a question. Ah, it was just a question. Fine then :-) Alexandre > > Norbert > >>> >>> On Wednesday, August 11, 2010, Stanislav Paskalev <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> And it will also require modifying the Pharo by Example book that says >>>> that there's nothing wrong with instantiating abstract classes and >>>> that there is no *abstract* class marker in this sense, only abstract >>>> methods. >>>> >>>> So, why would try to convert Pharo to another language ? >>>> >>>> Stanislav Paskalev >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Alexandre Bergel <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Hi! >>>>> >>>>> Just wondering. What about redefining new into: >>>>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >>>>> Behavior>>new >>>>> "Answer a new initialized instance of the receiver (which is a >>>>> class) with no indexable variables. Fail if the class is indexable." >>>>> self isAbstractClass ifTrue: [ self error: 'An abstract class cannot >>>>> be instantiated' ]. >>>>> ^ self basicNew initialize >>>>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >>>>> >>>>> This may break a lot of code however. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Alexandre >>>>> -- >>>>> _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: >>>>> Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu >>>>> ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>> www.lukas-renggli.ch >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pharo-project mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >> >> -- >> _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: >> Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu >> ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;. _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
