On 22 Mar 2015, at 11:41, Marcus Denker <[hidden email]> wrote:

On 22 Mar 2015, at 11:33, Ben Coman <[hidden email]> wrote:

That is very cool. But I need to ask the tough question - given that the feature freeze was three weeks ago, what do we gain by adding this in Pharo 4?  

* Is it needed for demonstrations that won't be based off latest features in Pharo 5 ?

* Are third party libraries expected to be based only off Pharo 4 MetaLink features, rather than additional MetaLink features it sounds like Pharo 5 will get ?

which means this slice should not impact anything

Because "should" being the operative word... is a slippery slope. If we have a philosophy of freezing features before a Release, then we should have the discipline to hold to that - at least in last 7 days before Release.

Yes, maybe we should postpone it… releasing is boring, I have to admit :-)

I will revert the change in the visitor… this way we are sure that we do not get any problems.

https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/15207/Undo-compiler-change-from-case-15196

I am really looking forward to that in Pharo5… it is (one of my) largest mistakes that after my PhD I did not focus on

getting Reflectivity into Pharo… it is still amazing, even 5 years later, I think. (but I am biased ;-)

Marcus