At page 202 in the book Pharo by Exmaple, it says:
"A difficult error to spot is when you redefine = but not hash. The symptoms are that you will lose elements that you put in sets or other strange behaviour. ..."
I have come up of an idea that can blow this away.
HashProof is a trait that guarantees that #hash and #= are defined correctly.
If you file in this
HashProof.st,
You will see HashProofTrait computes #= and #hash by using an array answered by the trait user by sending message #gettersForEquality.
HashProofUser uses HashProofTrait.
Try example below,
u := HashProofUser new.
u x:1.
u y:2.
u z:3.
v := HashProofUser new.
v x:1.
v y:2.
v z:3.
u = v.
User of the HashProofTrait is meets an error undefined message #gettersForEquality, when it was first sent #= or #hash. Therefore, it is very clear what he has to do to make #= and #hash work flawlessly.
HwaJong Oh
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