Is underscore allowed in assignments?

> This is mentioned in the Developer FAQ on the Croquet Consortium wiki at
> http://croquetconsortium.org/index.php/Developer_FAQs#Why_do_I_have_problems_wh
> en_trying_to_load_other_Squeak_code_into_Croquet.3F
>
> I'm not sure of the exact reason why Croquet doesn't use the left arrow
> assignment, but I think it has something to do with trying to avoid the
> confusion of remapping the underscore keyboard character into the left
> arrow
> assignment.
>

> I am investigating why I can't load SoapCoreClient 1.0e into Croquet. The
> package loader fails with the following error:
>
> initialize
> "DTDEntityDeclaration initialize"
>
> contextBehavior Illegal character ->_ Dictionary new.
> contextBehavior
>
> It looks as if the assignment operator is causing the problem. If you open a
> workspace and type "a _ 1" (without the quotes) you will get an error when you
> do it.
>
> These errors do not occur with the Squeak 3.9 release.
>  

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> To: [hidden email]; [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [croquet-dev] Is underscore allowed in assignments?
>
> Croquet is not quite Squeak. We removed the arrow character from the
> Croquet compiler. You need to use := instead.
>
> David
>
>
> Peter Quirk wrote:
> > I am investigating why I can't load SoapCoreClient 1.0e into Croquet. The
> > package loader fails with the following error:
> >
> > initialize
> > "DTDEntityDeclaration initialize"
> >
> > contextBehavior Illegal character ->_ Dictionary new.
> > contextBehavior
> >
> > It looks as if the assignment operator is causing the problem. If you open a
> > workspace and type "a _ 1" (without the quotes) you will get an error when you
> > do it.
> >
> > These errors do not occur with the Squeak 3.9 release.
> >
>

> That decision has the unfortunate effect of disabling an unknown number
> of packages in SqueakMap. At a minimum, the SqueakMap Package Loader in
> Croquet should adjust the source code as it loads it to ensure that
> exiting code is reusable.
>  
> -- Peter
>
>
>
>
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>
>  > Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 00:52:15 -0400
>  > From: [hidden email]
>  > To: [hidden email]; [hidden email]
>  > Subject: Re: [croquet-dev] Is underscore allowed in assignments?
>  >
>  > Croquet is not quite Squeak. We removed the arrow character from the
>  > Croquet compiler. You need to use := instead.
>  >
>  > David
>  >
>  >
>  > Peter Quirk wrote:
>  > > I am investigating why I can't load SoapCoreClient 1.0e into
> Croquet. The
>  > > package loader fails with the following error:
>  > >
>  > > initialize
>  > > "DTDEntityDeclaration initialize"
>  > >
>  > > contextBehavior Illegal character ->_ Dictionary new.
>  > > contextBehavior
>  > >
>  > > It looks as if the assignment operator is causing the problem. If
> you open a
>  > > workspace and type "a _ 1" (without the quotes) you will get an
> error when you
>  > > do it.
>  > >
>  > > These errors do not occur with the Squeak 3.9 release.
>  > >
>  >
>