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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
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Stéphane Ducasse wrote
> I’m spotting real inconsistency in the specification and use of newFrom:
I recently thought something similar when working with ArrayedCollection. As
you say, here is yet another inconsistency because it doesn't return a
"similar object", but just copies the elements of
Hi
I’m spotting real inconsistency in the specification and use of newFrom:
In Pharo and Object we have
newFrom: aSimilarObject
"Create an object that has similar contents to aSimilarObject. If the
classes have any instance variables with the same names, copy them across. If
this
