Classboxes

> Gilrandir <[hidden email]> writes:
>> Hi all,
>> i'm looking for a decent module system for Squeak and i'm playing with
>> Classboxes - they seem to be ideal - it's still pure Smalltalk, they
>> work together with Traits, but there seems to be something broken: in
>> Classbox>>scope is an attempt to instantiate a class named
>> Environment, which is nowhere to be found
>
>
> I don't think Classboxes is maintained.  For experimentation, you
> should dig up the correct older version of Squeak for it -- does
> anyone know what that would be?  If you want to continue using them
> beyond experimentation, then either you need to use it with the old
> version of Squeak, or you need to update it personally.
>

> Hi all,
> i'm looking for a decent module system for Squeak and i'm playing  
> with Classboxes - they seem to be ideal - it's still pure  
> Smalltalk, they work together with Traits, but there seems to be  
> something broken: in Classbox>>scope is an attempt to instantiate a  
> class named Environment, which is nowhere to be found - the base  
> environment seems to be the Smalltalk system dictionary itself, but  
> i have no idea, which class should replace it in the Classboxes.  
> The full method source is:
> Classbox>>scope
> ^ scope ifNil: [ scope _ Environment new]
> ...is there a definition of this class somewhere? Or how should it  
> look like, if it should "replace" the system dictionary for the  
> different classboxes?
> Thanks for any help.
> Viktor Svub
>

> Lex Spoon napsal(a):
>> Gilrandir <[hidden email]> writes:
>>> Hi all,
>>> i'm looking for a decent module system for Squeak and i'm playing  
>>> with
>>> Classboxes - they seem to be ideal - it's still pure Smalltalk, they
>>> work together with Traits, but there seems to be something  
>>> broken: in
>>> Classbox>>scope is an attempt to instantiate a class named
>>> Environment, which is nowhere to be found
>> I don't think Classboxes is maintained.  For experimentation, you
>> should dig up the correct older version of Squeak for it -- does
>> anyone know what that would be?  If you want to continue using them
>> beyond experimentation, then either you need to use it with the old
>> version of Squeak, or you need to update it personally.
> I'm pretty sure Classboxes is not maintained anymore, though in my  
> opinion, it't "the module system for Squeak, done right" and i'd  
> like to test to use it myself. I don't know which version of Squeak  
> is the right one, and i wanted to update it fo 3.9 - but i'm not  
> able to infer, which class should i use instead of Environment or  
> how to work around this.
>
>> By the way, there are some other module-related tools that are
>> actively maintained.  Monticello is a great for managing code given
>> the current Squeak design; it won't prevent clashes between packages,
>> but at least it will tell you when they happen.  Package universes is
>> my toolkit for helping people manage sets of mutually compatible
>> packages; given such a toolkit, the need for a good module system is
>> lessened.
> I kind of really like the Squeaks' module and packaging tools, but  
> it just doesn't feel right to me - i don't like to depend of any  
> tools of this kind, without the "real" low-level (or first-order,  
> i'm not sure how to put this in english) facility backing them.
>
>> -Lex
> Though i'm not looking for a solution rigth now, but just for a way  
> to get Classboxes going, thank you :)
>
> Viktor Svub
>