+1 to what Sabine says. Very useful behavior. Phil
On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 8:03 AM, Sabine Knöfel <[email protected]>wrote: > I should give an example why this is not useful for me. > > While developing, I use >>inspect to see, what is in any object AND I want > the app to proceed. > E.g. while creating a report, I want to see the table columns in an > inspector. > I don't want to halt and debug, I only want to see an inspector. > > self currentPage add: > (PDFDataTableWithColumnsCaptionElement new > captions: self costReportDaysTableColumns inspect; > data: ...; > > Now, I have to write it like that > > self costReportDaysTableColumns inspect. > self currentPage add: > (PDFDataTableWithColumnsCaptionElement new > captions: self costReportDaysTableColumns ; > data: ...; > > Yes, this is possible but it is not so easigoing as simply put an inspect > somewhere. > > Remarks: > 1) I develop a seaside app. I am not interested in the System Window;-) > 2) I cant find a selector >>onWindowClosed: > 3) >>inspect is a selector which exists in every smalltalk dialect. In > every > smalltalk dialect I worked with, inspect returned the receiver. It is kind > of standard IMHO. > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://forum.world.st/inspect-returns-iOf-SystemWindow-and-not-receiver-tp4692399p4692430.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > >
