Re: Re: printing collections
Posted by
Nicolas Cellier on
Nov 04, 2009; 8:51am
URL: https://forum.world.st/printing-collections-tp360853p389650.html
2009/11/4 Andreas Raab <
[hidden email]>:
> Nicolas Cellier wrote:
>>
>> The main use I see is to quickly modify in an inspector, especially in
>> the debugger.
>
> Fair enough. But in this case, wouldn't it be better if we had a "copy
> storeString" item in the inspector (we already have "copy name" for the name
> of the variable)? Or even "show storeString"? I really dislike the idea to
> clutter something that everyone needs to understand every single time they
> look at with stuff that only a few people may use in even fewer situations.
>
> Cheers,
> - Andreas
>
>
I don't buy this one. The feature would be usefull for simple objects
only, and I prefer to stay away from instVarAt: 1 put: (...) and
infinite loop on cyclic object graphs as proposed by current
implementation of storeString for any other Object.
A traditional inspector window does a better job.
Maybe we should better close this subject :)