Class declaration syntax

> Hi all,
>
> back to Coral after a (much too long) teaching hiatus, I'm pondering
> what the best solution is for the class declaration syntax.
>
> The usual message will always work, of course:
>
> SomeClass subclass: #NameOfNewClass
> instanceVariableNames: 'a b c'
> classVariableNames: 'D E F'
> poolDictionaries: ''
> category: 'Foo'
>
> But one idea of the prototype was to make that a bit more flexible and
> terse, by using a cascade:
>
> SomeClass < #NameOfNewClass
> iv: 'a b c';
> shared: 'D E F';
> package: 'Foo'
>
> Now the first problem is that #package is used by RPackage so
> redefining it on Class breaks the system. #package: might be less
> problematic but… for now I will switch back to #category:
>
> I was thinking SomeClass < #NameOfNewClass should return a builder
> object, but in that case there is no way for the builder to know when
> the cascade is finished; it can of course do things on the fly, but
> that implies recompiling the class for each message… not really
> beautiful.
>
> Suggestions?
>
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>> SomeClass < #NameOfNewClass
>> iv: 'a b c';
>> shared: 'D E F';
>> package: 'Foo'
>
> Why not:
>
> SomeClass subclass: #NameOfNewClass
> vars: 'a b c D E F'
> package: 'APackage'
>
> Alexandre
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