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alternate syntax clean-up

Nicolas Cellier
Stream removeSelector: #dialect.
Stream removeSelector: #withStyleFor:do:.

Any voice against this clean-up ?

Nicolas

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Re: alternate syntax clean-up

David T. Lewis
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 06:52:55PM +0100, Nicolas Cellier wrote:
> Stream removeSelector: #dialect.
> Stream removeSelector: #withStyleFor:do:.
>
> Any voice against this clean-up ?

No objection to the clean-up.

What ever happened to the alternate syntax experiment? Has it been
unloaded into a repository somewhere? Presumably these methods belong
with that package if it does exist.

The alternate syntax was interesting because you could show it to
someone who insisted that Smalltalk syntax "looks strange". Dan
provided the alternate syntax, and wonder of wonders, nobody cares.

Sort of like multiple inheritance. If it's not there, people insist
that it's a terrible deficiency. Give them traits, and nobody cares
any more.

Dave