Hi Stef, oh yes I know about >>halt but it is not the same as getting an inspector;-)
Don't you agree with me that in this point, Pharo should have the same behaviour as the ohter smalltalk dialects (VisualAge/IBM Smalltalk, VisualWorks, Gemstone)? Greetings Sabine On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Stéphane Ducasse [via Smalltalk] <[email protected]> wrote: > but halt is really a simple method > > you can introduce myHalt > > Object>>myHalt > > Halt signal. > > and you are done. > > Stef > > On Jun 9, 2013, at 9:58 AM, [hidden email] wrote: > > +1 to what Sabine says. Very useful behavior. > > Phil > > > On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 8:03 AM, Sabine Knöfel <[hidden email]> 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. >> >> > > > > > ________________________________ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > http://forum.world.st/inspect-returns-iOf-SystemWindow-and-not-receiver-tp4692399p4692446.html > To unsubscribe from inspect returns iOf SystemWindow and not receiver, click > here. > NAML -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/inspect-returns-iOf-SystemWindow-and-not-receiver-tp4692399p4692586.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
