On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:42:11 +0100
Holger Hans Peter Freyther <
[hidden email]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> OrderedCollection := OrderedCollection new.
> OrderedCollection new.
>
> triggers a infinite loop because an instance now has the name of a class and
> has hidden the class... Should GST do somethig to protect against this?
really, a loop?
heh ... fun! But it looks like to be more a problem of error handling
than with the shadowing of the class.
st> OrderedCollection := OrderedCollection new
OrderedCollection ()
st> OrderedCollection new
Object: OrderedCollection new: 16 "<0x7f844fd6c140>" error: did not understand #new
MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>signal (Object: OrderedCollection new: 16 "<0x7f844fd6c140>" error: did not understand #new
MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>signal (Object: OrderedCollection new: 16 "<0x7f844fd6c140>" error: did not understand #new
MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>signal (Object: OrderedCollection new: 16 "<0x7f844fd6c140>" error: did not understand #new
stefan@g128 ~ % gst
GNU Smalltalk ready
st> [ OrderedCollection := OrderedCollection new. OrderedCollection new. OrderedCollection inspect ] on: MessageNotUnderstood do: [ :ex | 'neener' printNl ]
'neener'
'neener'
st> OrderedCollection inspect
An instance of OrderedCollection
firstIndex: 8
lastIndex: 7
contents: [
]
OrderedCollection ()
So I vote "no". Protection prevents Learning :-)
s.
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