humm...I agree with Kent Beck and Stef, because conceptually a String shouldnt know how to answer #seconds.
Maybe its a matter of having better interactions, smarter text morphs , than introducing this in the "model". Fernando On Aug 23, 2010, at 9:00 AM, Brent Pinkney wrote: >> I would really like to have the approach proposed by K. Beck on conversion >> methods. Conversion methods for API compatible objects. Of course it will >> lead to less compact program (URL readFrom: 'http://' instead of 'http://' >> url) but avoids a lot of code in String (of course class extensions limit >> the plague). > > Hi, please reconsider this. There is just no way (Duration seconds: 3) is > better than '3 seconds'. > > This smacks of working for the computer instead of the other way around. > > Brent > > _______________________________________________ > 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
