Thanks for the explanations, Igor. I like the direction.
Cheers, Doru On 31 Jan 2011, at 03:01, Igor Stasenko wrote: > On 30 January 2011 20:30, Tudor Girba <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am not sure what is the current status in this area. Could anyone provide >> an idea of what is the desired solution? >> > > The idea is to get rid of ToolSet references and replace all patterns like > > ToolSet default foo > > with > > Smalltalk tools foo > > or even more extreme, leave only a message send and get rid of using > globals, because it is early binding: > > self toolset foo > > where #toolset implemented in Object with > ^ Smalltalt tools. > > The answer of 'Smalltalk tools' should be a tool registry instance. > > The tool registry is a system-wide object where packages can register > their tools. > I don't remember all of the details, but the idea, when i implemented > it was following: > > - you registering your tool(s) by sending: > > Smalltalk tools addTool: myTool verb: #myTool > > and then you can send messages to registry directly using #myTool selector: > > Smalltalk tools myTool > > So, there will be no hardcoded set of tools in a system and therefore > no need for having a class, like ToolSet, > which implements a protocol for 'standard' toolset. > I imagine in stripped down images, some tools can be non-existing, but > some still could be there. > Making tools pluggable will improve modularity. > > >> Cheers, >> Doru >> >> >> On 28 Jan 2011, at 19:35, Igor Stasenko wrote: >> >>> On 28 January 2011 19:20, Mariano Martinez Peck <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> yes, check the archives. I opened tickes for that. and I sent several >>>> mails. >>>> Seems no-one has time to do it. >>>> >>> we discussed that today. >>> probably i will take care about it for 1.3.. not sure how soon it will >>> be but i will :) >>> >>>> http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=1915 >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Stéphane Ducasse >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Because it would be good that it uses a registration mechanism. >>>>> Hardcoding the classes of the tools is not optimal for example for the new >>>>> Finder. >>>>> >>>>> Stef >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Best regards, >>> Igor Stasenko AKA sig. >>> >> >> -- >> www.tudorgirba.com >> >> "In a world where everything is moving ever faster, >> one might have better chances to win by moving slower." >> > > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko AKA sig. > -- www.tudorgirba.com "What we can governs what we wish."
