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Re: Why `aFileReference asString = aFileReference fullName` is false?

Posted by Tudor Girba-2 on Mar 10, 2015; 11:09am
URL: https://forum.world.st/Why-aFileReference-asString-aFileReference-fullName-is-false-tp4810690p4810894.html

Indeed. In GT, we introduced gtDisplayString which is meant to be used as a default brief string representation.

I think that we could promote this to displayString now that it is in the Pharo image.

Cheers,
Doru

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Sean P. DeNigris <[hidden email]> wrote:
Ben Coman wrote
> Now the followup question is whether its natural to expect something
> better from #asString

I feel like #asString is such a general question that no answer would be
satisfying. What string representation should be returned? 'file://'?
'/path/to'? And what to do with memory file systems? It's been mentioned a
few times on the list that we should all be more disciplined in sending e.g.
#displayString vs. #printString instead of #asString. The more I hear that
argument, the more sense it makes to me.



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