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Torsten Bergmann

SuffixConditionals

SuffixConditionals adds #if: and #unless methods to BlockClosure. Currently in VisualWorks but can be ported to other Smalltalks (like Pharo) as well.

Read here:
http://forum.world.st/ANN-SuffixConditionals-td4755785.html

Code is on Cincom Public Repo and snaphots on
https://github.com/randycoulman/SuffixConditionals

Sean P. DeNigris

Re: SuffixConditionals

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Torsten Bergmann wrote

SuffixConditionals adds #if: and #unless methods to BlockClosure. Currently in VisualWorks but can be ported to other Smalltalks (like Pharo) as well.

Good idea! It is MIT and would be a great bridge for a Ruby community in the spirit of http://forum.world.st/a-Pharo-talk-from-a-ruby-conference-tp4756805p4757055.html :
FAQ
Q: ifTrue: and ifFalse: look weird to me. Why can't I have more readable control flow statements like Ruby?
A: You can! Simply load SuffixConditionals from the Configuration Browser and you can write things like:
[process stop] if: process isRunning
and
[process start] unless: process isRunning

Also would be a great answer when this inevitably comes up in the endless "why isn't Smalltalk as popular as Ruby" conversations (http://stackoverflow.com/a/438986/424245)

Cheers,
Sean

Torsten Bergmann

Re: SuffixConditionals

As it is MIT I ported it to Pharo:

Code is available on
http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~TorstenBergmann/SuffixConditionals

One can load it from the config browser

Bye
T.

> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. April 2014 um 14:29 Uhr
> Von: "Sean P. DeNigris" <[hidden email]>
> An: [hidden email]
> Betreff: Re: [Pharo-dev] SuffixConditionals
>
> Torsten Bergmann wrote
> > SuffixConditionals adds #if: and #unless methods to BlockClosure.
> > Currently in VisualWorks but can be ported to other Smalltalks (like
> > Pharo) as well.
>
> Good idea! It is MIT and would be a great bridge for a Ruby community in the
> spirit of
> http://forum.world.st/a-Pharo-talk-from-a-ruby-conference-tp4756805p4757055.html
> :
> FAQ
> Q: ifTrue: and ifFalse: look weird to me. Why can't I have more readable
> control flow statements like Ruby?
> A: You can! Simply load SuffixConditionals from the Configuration Browser
> and you can write things like:
> [process stop] if: process isRunning
> and
> [process start] unless: process isRunning
>
> Also would be a great answer when this inevitably comes up in the endless
> "why isn't Smalltalk as popular as Ruby" conversations
> (http://stackoverflow.com/a/438986/424245)
>
>
>
> -----
> Cheers,
> Sean
> --
> View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/SuffixConditionals-tp4757183p4757212.html
> Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>
>

Sean P. DeNigris

Re: SuffixConditionals

Administrator

On Apr 30, 2014, at 9:59 AM, Torsten Bergmann [via Smalltalk] <[hidden email]> wrote:
> As it is MIT I ported it to Pharo:
Cool! Thanks :) Was it straightforward to port? I haven’t ported anything from VW in a while. Xtreams was in my sights - we did a proof of concept with filetree and cyprus mapping namespaces to prefixes. Should revisit that...

Cheers,
Sean

Esteban A. Maringolo

Re: SuffixConditionals

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Thanks Torsten.

I've been using my own favorite suffix conditional: #haltIfTrue.

Regards!
Esteban A. Maringolo

2014-04-30 10:57 GMT-03:00 Torsten Bergmann <[hidden email]>:

> As it is MIT I ported it to Pharo:
>
> Code is available on
> http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~TorstenBergmann/SuffixConditionals
>
> One can load it from the config browser
>
> Bye
> T.
>
>> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. April 2014 um 14:29 Uhr
>> Von: "Sean P. DeNigris" <[hidden email]>
>> An: [hidden email]
>> Betreff: Re: [Pharo-dev] SuffixConditionals
>>
>> Torsten Bergmann wrote
>> > SuffixConditionals adds #if: and #unless methods to BlockClosure.
>> > Currently in VisualWorks but can be ported to other Smalltalks (like
>> > Pharo) as well.
>>
>> Good idea! It is MIT and would be a great bridge for a Ruby community in the
>> spirit of
>> http://forum.world.st/a-Pharo-talk-from-a-ruby-conference-tp4756805p4757055.html
>> :
>> FAQ
>> Q: ifTrue: and ifFalse: look weird to me. Why can't I have more readable
>> control flow statements like Ruby?
>> A: You can! Simply load SuffixConditionals from the Configuration Browser
>> and you can write things like:
>> [process stop] if: process isRunning
>> and
>> [process start] unless: process isRunning
>>
>> Also would be a great answer when this inevitably comes up in the endless
>> "why isn't Smalltalk as popular as Ruby" conversations
>> (http://stackoverflow.com/a/438986/424245)
>>
>>
>>
>> -----
>> Cheers,
>> Sean
>> --
>> View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/SuffixConditionals-tp4757183p4757212.html
>> Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>>
>>
>

Torsten Bergmann

Re: SuffixConditionals

In reply to this post by Sean P. DeNigris

It was a "no-brainer", I did'nt even load the code into VisualWorks
(which I do not have installed these days as I have no up to date copy/version).

I just checked https://github.com/randycoulman/SuffixConditionals, the *.pst
files are XML files and are therefore readable. 3 extension methods
if:, unless:, and if:else: methods to BlockClosure
plus a few tests.

Feel free to do the same with Xtreams ;)

Bye
T.

Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. April 2014 um 16:07 Uhr
Von: "Sean P. DeNigris" <[hidden email]>
An: [hidden email]
Betreff: Re: [Pharo-dev] SuffixConditionals
On Apr 30, 2014, at 9:59 AM, Torsten Bergmann [via Smalltalk] <[hidden email]> wrote:
> As it is MIT I ported it to Pharo:
Cool! Thanks :) Was it straightforward to port? I haven’t ported anything from VW in a while. Xtreams was in my sights - we did a proof of concept with filetree and cyprus mapping namespaces to prefixes. Should revisit that...
Cheers,
Sean
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Sean P. DeNigris

Re: SuffixConditionals

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I just checked https://github.com/randycoulman/SuffixConditionals, the *.pst
files are XML files and are therefore readable

Ha, cool!

Cheers,
Sean