Bill
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>
> I think you've already recorded this one, but, just in case: there is no
> prompt before renaming a method from the PB.
>
> One thing that I've missed for a while is a local definitions/references
> command that does not require browsing the method of interest. Usually
it's
> enough to browse def/refs globally and sort by package, though it would be
> nice to have the ability to type a selector. I encountered the same
problem
> with the RB though, because I wanted to rename a method in a particular
> hierarchy, and it turns out to be implemented on only one branch - it
would
> have been nice to simply do something like this:
>
> RefactoringSmalltalkSystem current
> renameMethod:( AbstractClass class
compiledMethodAt:#methodToBeRenamed )
> inEnvironment:( BrowserEnvironment new forClasses:( Array
> with:AbstractClass ) )
> caption:'Not quite right'
>
> and not have to worry about whether I had gone high enough up in the
> hierarchy. Does that make sense?
It does. I've wanted to do something similar a few times myself, and I
usually end up adding a dummy method at the appropriate point, performing
the refactoring, and then deleting the dummy. Its #763, but time will be
very tight for this release.
Regards
Blair
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