Re: [Pharo-dev] what is newFrom:

--- Begin Message --- I have seen #newFrom: in many places while working Smalltalk. I have never assumed it would be a ‘similar’ object. Also, what is the meaning of ‘similar’? Since all objects have same ancestor, Object, one could argue any returned object is similar. Regards, Reg Sent

Re: [Pharo-dev] Roadmap for Pharo 8.0

--- Begin Message --- This would be very useful. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 8, 2019, at 8:04 AM, Alexandre Bergel wrote: > > Dear All, > > At the consortium meeting we discussed the possibility to have a mini-Roassal > included in Pharo8. Many opportunities exist: displaying graph of

[Pharo-dev] Fwd: FileSystem and references to FIle

--- Begin Message --- Forgot to copy the Pharo dev list. Begin forwarded message: > From: Reg Krock > Subject: FileSystem and references to FIle > Date: 8 January, 2019 at 2:05:15 PM EST > To: Guillermo Polito , Sven Van Caekenberghe > > Cc: Dale Henrichs , Martin McClure > > > Guille, >

[Pharo-dev] Lazy File Opening in FileHandle

--- Begin Message --- Guille, In FileHandle there is a concept of a lazy file opening in FileHandle>>#at:read:startingAt:count FileHandle>>#at:write:startingAt:count where the method FileHandle>>#assureOpen is called. Based on out previous conversations I believe that this

[Pharo-dev] Pharo FIleSystem Compatibility with Gemstone's FileSystemGs

--- Begin Message --- Hi, I am working on making changes to FileSystemGs to make it work in Gemstone. Who is or the the persons to talk to about changes on the Pharo side. Areas of exploration to date have been: Replacement of File with GsFile - in Gemstone we want to use the native file

Re: [Pharo-dev] IndexedSlots in combination with StatefulTraits

this context… can > you elaborate ? > > On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 at 13:44, Reg Krock via Pharo-dev > mailto:pharo-dev@lists.pharo.org>> wrote: > The Slot class implementation is fundamentally sound but the larger > constructs surrounding Frames and Slots still requires exte

Re: [Pharo-dev] IndexedSlots in combination with StatefulTraits

--- Begin Message --- The Slot class implementation is fundamentally sound but the larger constructs surrounding Frames and Slots still requires extensive thought. I suspect that you will find that many more changes will be discovered as work is done with it. Slots provide the capacity to

Re: [Pharo-dev] Problem with primitive instVarAt: / instVarAt:put:, what should we do ?

--- Begin Message --- Marcus, I agree with keeping it as Slot. The existing literature (non-Smalltalk) uses Slot in a fairly consistent manner so what would the advantage be of changing it? Reg Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 24, 2017, at 4:44 AM, Clément Bera wrote: >

[Pharo-dev] BOF at ESUG - How about a BOF on Gemstone development environments?

--- Begin Message --- > On 1 Sep2017, at 6:35 AM, Tudor Girba wrote: > > Hi, > > I would also be interested in a Pillar BOF. > > Doru > > >> On Sep 1, 2017, at 11:43 AM, Stephane Ducasse >> wrote: >> >> May be wednesday afternoon the talks

Re: [Pharo-dev] Chrome DevTools Protocol and Pharo

--- Begin Message --- Willow Lucas-Smith worked on the WithStyle project. She is now working at Cincom. > On 19 May2017, at 8:03 AM, Torsten Bergmann wrote: > > If you are up to a Smalltalk internet browser then check the old > Scamper from Squeak and H. Hirzels post +