Dealing with AnObsoleteC3 Class

> I'm trying to refactor a piece of code using the refactoring browser,
> but I've started getting messages telling me that AnObsoleteC3 class
> does not understand #directlyDefinesMethod.
>
> I assume that a changeset I've loaded has removed a class called C3,
> but that there's still some reference to it hanging around. I guess I
> need help with two things:
> - how do I track this thing down?
> - how do I kill it?
>
> I've inspected 'self' from the debugger, and had a poke around some of
> the pointer tools, but don't really know what I'm doing. Can anyone
> enlighten me?

>
> On Jan 31, 2007, at 20:22 , Michael Davies wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to refactor a piece of code using the refactoring browser,
> > but I've started getting messages telling me that AnObsoleteC3 class
> > does not understand #directlyDefinesMethod.
> >
>
> http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/2631
>

> On 31/01/07, Bert Freudenberg <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> On Jan 31, 2007, at 20:22 , Michael Davies wrote:
>>
>> > I'm trying to refactor a piece of code using the refactoring  
>> browser,
>> > but I've started getting messages telling me that AnObsoleteC3  
>> class
>> > does not understand #directlyDefinesMethod.
>> >
>>
>> http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/2631
>>
> Thanks Bert, that's a very useful reference. I've followed the advice
> there, and when I get to bringing up the Pointer Finder it says:
>
> #ProtoObject -> ProtoObject class
> subclasses: Array
> 9: AnObsoleteC3 class
>
> So it looks to me as though ProtoObject is the only thing holding a
> reference to this obsolete class. I inspected it and the subclasses
> array has 105 members, many of them repeated Obsolete classes:
>
> {Object . ObjectOut . ImageSegmentRootStub . MessageCatcher .
> DynamicBindingsInfo . MaMinimalObject . MAConditionBuilder .
> MAProxyObject . AnObsoleteC3 . AnObsoleteC4 . AnObsoleteC6 .
> AnObsoleteC3 . AnObsoleteC4 . AnObsoleteC6 . AnObsoleteC3 .
> AnObsoleteC4 . AnObsoleteC6 . AnObsoleteC3 . AnObsoleteC4 .
> AnObsoleteC6 . AnObsoleteC3 . AnObsoleteC4 . AnObsoleteC6 .
> ...etc... }
>
> I'm not sure that this is the way things should be!
>
> Any pointers for next steps?

> > ProtoObject subclasses looks like this:
> > {Object . ObjectOut . ImageSegmentRootStub . MessageCatcher .
> > DynamicBindingsInfo . MaMinimalObject . MAConditionBuilder .
> > MAProxyObject . AnObsoleteC3 . AnObsoleteC4 . AnObsoleteC6 .
> > AnObsoleteC3 . AnObsoleteC4 . AnObsoleteC6 . AnObsoleteC3 .
> > AnObsoleteC4 . AnObsoleteC6 . AnObsoleteC3 . AnObsoleteC4 .
> > AnObsoleteC6 . AnObsoleteC3 . AnObsoleteC4 . AnObsoleteC6 .
> > ...etc... }
> >
> > I'm not sure that this is the way things should be!
> >
> > Any pointers for next steps?
>
> No idea. If I had to guess then these look like Magma proxies to me.
> You might get help on the Magma list.
>
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