Smalltalk version

>
> One of the first things I want to mention is the demise of the  
> method 'version' on Smalltalk. It was actually decided at some  
> point in time by Smalltalk environments to implement this method to  
> return some description of the environment (the format of the  
> version string was not standardized; go figure). This method exists  
> in nearly all Smalltalk environments and makes it easy to write  
> generic Smalltalk code with some environment-specific extensions  
> for which one wants to check.
>
> I use this, for example in RoelTyper, to check some Squeak or VW  
> specific things. But now this method is deprecated, and instead of  
> being able to do:
> Smalltalk version
> I would now have to do:
> SystemVersion current version
>
> The problem is that the first expressions works in nearly any  
> Smalltalk environment, while the second one works only in Squeak,  
> which defeats the whole purpose of this method! So I will have to  
> write the following:
>
> ^(Smalltalk at: #SystemVersion ifAbsent: [^Smalltalk version])  
> current version
>
> My proposal: please do not deprecate the 'version' method on  
> Smalltalk, but implement it as:
>
> version
>
> SystemVersion current version
>
>
> Any opinions ?

> Hello,
>
> long time no see :-)  I'm doing things in Squeak again, so I'll try  
> to follow the list once more...
>
> One of the first things I want to mention is the demise of the  
> method 'version' on Smalltalk. It was actually decided at some  
> point in time by Smalltalk environments to implement this method to  
> return some description of the environment (the format of the  
> version string was not standardized; go figure). This method exists  
> in nearly all Smalltalk environments and makes it easy to write  
> generic Smalltalk code with some environment-specific extensions  
> for which one wants to check.
>
> I use this, for example in RoelTyper, to check some Squeak or VW  
> specific things. But now this method is deprecated, and instead of  
> being able to do:
> Smalltalk version
> I would now have to do:
> SystemVersion current version
>
> The problem is that the first expressions works in nearly any  
> Smalltalk environment, while the second one works only in Squeak,  
> which defeats the whole purpose of this method! So I will have to  
> write the following:
>
> ^(Smalltalk at: #SystemVersion ifAbsent: [^Smalltalk version])  
> current version
>
> My proposal: please do not deprecate the 'version' method on  
> Smalltalk, but implement it as:
>
> version
>
> SystemVersion current version
>
>
> Any opinions ?
>
> --
> Roel
>

> Roel
>
> I just checked and
>
> version
> "Answer the version of this release."
>
> self backwardCompatibilityOnly: 'Use SystemVersion current version'.
> ^SystemVersion current version
>
> Is there. So you can avoid the pop up by turning the preferences  
> for not getting the warning.
> We could remove the backwardCompatibility.
> Stef
>
> On 6 avr. 06, at 15:07, Roel Wuyts wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> long time no see :-)  I'm doing things in Squeak again, so I'll  
>> try to follow the list once more...
>>
>> One of the first things I want to mention is the demise of the  
>> method 'version' on Smalltalk. It was actually decided at some  
>> point in time by Smalltalk environments to implement this method  
>> to return some description of the environment (the format of the  
>> version string was not standardized; go figure). This method  
>> exists in nearly all Smalltalk environments and makes it easy to  
>> write generic Smalltalk code with some environment-specific  
>> extensions for which one wants to check.
>>
>> I use this, for example in RoelTyper, to check some Squeak or VW  
>> specific things. But now this method is deprecated, and instead of  
>> being able to do:
>> Smalltalk version
>> I would now have to do:
>> SystemVersion current version
>>
>> The problem is that the first expressions works in nearly any  
>> Smalltalk environment, while the second one works only in Squeak,  
>> which defeats the whole purpose of this method! So I will have to  
>> write the following:
>>
>> ^(Smalltalk at: #SystemVersion ifAbsent: [^Smalltalk version])  
>> current version
>>
>> My proposal: please do not deprecate the 'version' method on  
>> Smalltalk, but implement it as:
>>
>> version
>>
>> SystemVersion current version
>>
>>
>> Any opinions ?
>>
>> --
>> Roel
>>
>
>