Instanciating True or False

Hi,

Since Boolean class>>new raises a shouldNotImplement error, how were
true and false (the singleton instances) created?

Thanks

Smalltalk has five reserved words: self, super, nil, true and false.

"Fernando" <[hidden email]> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Since Boolean class>>new raises a shouldNotImplement error, how were
> true and false (the singleton instances) created?
>
> Thanks
>

"Fernando" <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Since Boolean class>>new raises a shouldNotImplement error, how were
> true and false (the singleton instances) created?
One explanation: before the method Boolean>>new was implemented.
Of course, this is probably not the true genesis of true and false.
I suspect that the initial image building process created some classes
and instances out of thin air by just writing the bit patterns into
memory which would later be interpreted as true and false etc.

Cheers,
Hans-Martin