Try putting parentheses around `aDescriptorSystemClassName asSymbol`:
descriptorSystem :=
DynamicDescriptorSystem subclass: (aDescriptorSystemClassName
asSymbol)
instanceVariableNames: ''
classVariableNames: ''
package: packageName asString
On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 10:50 AM Brad Selfridge <bsselfri...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I'm trying to programmatically generate a new class, but am getting the
> following error:
>
> DynamicDescriptorSystem class(Object)>>doesNotUnderstand:
> #subclass:instanceVariableNames:classVariableNames:package:
>
> This is the method that I'm trying to execute:
>
> buildNewDescriptorSystemUsing: aDescriptorSystemClassName
>
> descriptorSystem :=
> DynamicDescriptorSystem subclass: aDescriptorSystemClassName
> asSymbol
> instanceVariableNames: ''
> classVariableNames: ''
> package: packageName asString
>
> I see examples of this all over Pharo and I copied this code almost
> verbatim.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
>
>
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