preferred version to get 1st indexable field

> Am 19.08.2006 um 19:25 schrieb Martin Kuball:
> > What is the preferred version to get the pointer to the first
> > indexable field of an indexable object:
> > dstStrPointer := interpreterProxy firstIndexableField: string.
> > or
> > dstStrPointer := interpreterProxy arrayValueOf: string.
>
> Depends. #arrayValueOf: works only for non-pointer objects, but is
> faster. #firstIndexableField: handles everything, including mixed
> fixed/indexable field object formats.

>
> Am Saturday, 19. August 2006 19:56 schrieb Bert Freudenberg:
>> Am 19.08.2006 um 19:25 schrieb Martin Kuball:
>>> What is the preferred version to get the pointer to the first
>>> indexable field of an indexable object:
>>> dstStrPointer := interpreterProxy firstIndexableField: string.
>>> or
>>> dstStrPointer := interpreterProxy arrayValueOf: string.
>>
>> Depends. #arrayValueOf: works only for non-pointer objects, but is
>> faster. #firstIndexableField: handles everything, including mixed
>> fixed/indexable field object formats.
>
> So for objects of class String or ByteArray I could use the first  
> one and
> for objects of class Array I would use the second one?