Smalltalk ui icons vs iconNamed: vs @

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> Best regards,
> Henrik
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pharo-dev [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Peter Uhnak
> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 4:34 PM
> To: Pharo Development List <[hidden email]>
> Subject: [Pharo-dev] Smalltalk ui icons vs iconNamed: vs @
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> Hi,
>
> My understanding is that now instead of
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> Smalltalk ui icons smallConfigurationIcon
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> I should do
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> Smalltalk ui iconNamed: #smallConfigurationIcon
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> This is however really unpractical, because it changes the operator priority, so I have to wrap it in parentheses every single time.
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> Button new
> icon: (... iconNamed: ...)
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> How about we add '@' or another binary selector so we can avoid the parentheses?
>
> Peter
>
>

> What about
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> Symbol >>#asIcon
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>     ^ Smalltalk ui icons iconNamed: self
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> Then one can do: "#add asIcon" ?
>
> Best regards,
> Henrik
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pharo-dev [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Peter Uhnak
> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 4:34 PM
> To: Pharo Development List <[hidden email]>
> Subject: [Pharo-dev] Smalltalk ui icons vs iconNamed: vs @
>
> Hi,
>
> My understanding is that now instead of
>
> Smalltalk ui icons smallConfigurationIcon
>
> I should do
>
> Smalltalk ui iconNamed: #smallConfigurationIcon
>
> This is however really unpractical, because it changes the operator priority, so I have to wrap it in parentheses every single time.
>
> Button new
> icon: (... iconNamed: ...)
>
> How about we add '@' or another binary selector so we can avoid the parentheses?
>
> Peter
>
>
>