Dear Squeakers,
When writing papers with Smalltalk code, or even sometimes when
programming, I noticed that we need some way to express method
definitions in a simple text file while still showing the class where
they are defined. The current (legacy) file in/out format proves
inappropriate. I wanted to get ride of exclamation mark and ease
linking methods to classes. So, I started thinking of something else,
and started a new project on this topic on SqueakSource:
http://www.squeaksource.com/NewFileInOutFormat.htmlMy target is to have .st files as a squence of any valid Smalltalk
expression and to provide a simple protocol for defining methods. For
now, method definitions are possible using, two messages.
-The first one is short and allows adding a method to a class without
taking care of the category (the method appears in the browser 'as yet
unclassified'). Example :
MyClass << #(myMethod "Body of myMethod" )
-The second message to add a method under some particular category.
Example :
MyClass inCategory: #someCategory addMethod: #(myMethod "Body of
myMethod" )
For comparison, here is the same example in the file In/Out format
currently used in Squeak
!MyClass methodsFor: 'someCategory' stamp: 'nbo 5/23/2006 12:08'!
myMethod
"Body of myMethod"! !
Note that the current version is still uncomplete. It does lose
comments, author info, timestamps, and formatting (though the installed
code is formatted using the pretty printer).
Noury
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Dr. Noury Bouraqadi - Enseignant/Chercheur
Ecole des Mines de Douai - Dept. G.I.P
http://csl.ensm-douai.fr/nouryEuropean Smalltalk Users Group Board
http://www.esug.orgSqueak: an Open Source Smalltalk
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