I would say for the same reason #isEmpty is not defined on Object, but
only on Collection. #isEmptyOrNil is the equivalent of

     obj isNil or: [ obj isEmpty ]

(which i find clearer and) which doesn't work on arbitrary objects either.

Lukas

On Tuesday, 19 July 2011, Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi guys
>
> I'm puzzled and probably need food. but why  isEmptyOrNil is not defined in 
> Object?
> because right now if a variable is '' or nil or something else I cannot use 
> it.
>
> Stef
>

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