On 21 nov. 2009, at 12:19, Stéphane Ducasse wrote:
>> Hi there from Pharo sprint
>>
>> We are trying to tackle Issue 332: (Arithmetic protocol should be
>> removed from Collections and Strings)
>>
>> The problem is that the chronology classes in Pharo depend on the
>> arithmetic of Collection to perform time computation.
>>
>> So there is two things. We remove the Collection-arithmetic from
>> Core and we propose:
>> - move the Colllection arithmetic stuff in an extension package, so
>> that if people want to use it, they can
>> - rewrite the Chrono stuff so that they do their computation
>> without Collection arithmetics.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Simon
>
> Simon I have the impression that this is the best path.
> Because the arithmetic for collection is cool but it could be really
> better.
> So having a small core + a separate package would be good.
>
Yes because Like Rabak says, it's APL semantics with vector
arithmetics. But it's not documented so you have to know it's there.
> Stef
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