Eric
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> Shouldn't the following be valid?
>
> UnicodeString fromAddress: ('hi there' asUnicodeString yourAddress)
> String fromAddress: ('hi there' yourAddress)
>
> Evaluating the 2nd works right, but evaluating the first gives me funny
> block characters.
>
> thoughts?
Methinks it is the lifetime's of the objects. In the first case you are
taking the address of a 'temporary' object (the result of the
#asUnicodeString message) which is promptly GC'd. In the second case you
have taken the address of a literal, which is not therefore GC'd until the
expression is collected. Judicious use of temporaries will prove it.
Regards
Blair
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