[hidden email] wrote:
> Hello Juan,
>
>> Why would some characters be silently messed by the system?
>
> Precisely because Squeak is an object system. If a string is
> supposed to have cr as line separator, you do not want to
> allow crlf or lf separated strings to enter the system.
> Garbage needs to stay outside.
A string is NOT supposed to have cr as a line separator! That's the
whole point! The system does not enforce nor needs that restriction!
>> But the base system should do none by default.
>
> That doesn't create an acceptable user experience for those
> of us using crlf or lf separated strings and is therefore
> not acceptable for a multi-platform system.
Are you talking about end-user experience or developer experience? I (a
developer) use crlf text files all the time on my Windows machine and lf
text files all the time on my Mac. Being able to see what's on a file,
and being able to control it is invaluable to me. That's why I did it
right on Cuis, to ease my own experience. If you're talking about
end-users, I consider Squeak an environment for doing end-user
applications. Then, I have all the freedom do give my users whatever
they need.
>
> Stephan Eggermont
>
>
Cheers,
Juan Vuletich
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