COM use of Note class

The COM code in VW uses a class called Tools.Note. Unfortunately, none
of the references qualify the class with the namespace.  They just
reference Note directly.

In a client application I've been upgrading to 7.7, they have a domain
class called Smalltalk.Note. This means that COM binds to the
Smalltalk.Note class instead of Tools.Note. We had to go in to all the
COM classes and change Note to Tools.Note.

Is there any way this could be changed in the base VW code for COM?

Thanks,

David Buck
Simberon Inc.
www.simberon.com

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David,

I do not foresee a change in VisualWorks COM ever. It is not good design to
put application code in namespace Smalltalk (since VisualWorks 5i). The
right solution is to move all customer classes to a customer proprietary
name space.

Georg

Georg Heeg eK, Dortmund und Köthen, HR Dortmund A 12812
Tel. +49-3496-214328, Fax +49-3496-214712
class
> called Smalltalk.Note. This means that COM binds to the Smalltalk.Note
class


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Well, one would think that the same criteria ought to apply to the COM code. It is defined, not quite in Smalltalk, but in places like Smalltalk.External and in Smalltalk.Tools which are imported into the Smalltalk namespaces, and it relies on resolving those references through Smalltalk. So equally, COM should perhaps be using its own namespace, and not defining names such that
   Smalltalk.Note
resolves to an internal COM class, and that COM functionality depends on it doing so.

At 03:55 PM 2010-08-08, Georg Heeg wrote:

David,

I do not foresee a change in VisualWorks COM ever. It is not good design to
put application code in namespace Smalltalk (since VisualWorks 5i). The
right solution is to move all customer classes to a customer proprietary
name space.

Georg

Georg Heeg eK, Dortmund und Köthen, HR Dortmund A 12812
Tel. +49-3496-214328, Fax +49-3496-214712

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>
> The COM code in VW uses a class called Tools.Note. Unfortunately, none of
> the references qualify the class with the namespace.  They just reference
> Note directly.
>
> In a client application I've been upgrading to 7.7, they have a domain
class
> called Smalltalk.Note. This means that COM binds to the Smalltalk.Note
class
> instead of Tools.Note. We had to go in to all the COM classes and change
> Note to Tools.Note.
>
> Is there any way this could be changed in the base VW code for COM?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Buck
> Simberon Inc.
> www.simberon.com
>
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