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Re: [Help-smalltalk] Including files
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Mike Anderson |
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Re: [Help-smalltalk] Including files |
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Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:57:30 +0000 |
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Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Mike Anderson wrote:
>
>> I must say that I don't think that the classes File and Directory have a
>> very clear idea of what they *are*, though.
>
> I agree, though I'm not sure if I want to break compatibility now. If
> we get a 3.0 we could think about it.
Yes (although what do you think about a loadable package in examples or
unsupported?).
>> latter case it becomes difficult to pick out '.' and '..' (since you
>> usually want to ignore them).
>
> Directory>>#contents may blow them up itself, if we are to change the
> interface...
Good point (I think I'll apply that to my 'comfort' package right now),
although I think there is a larger problem, which is that Files don't
remember if they were created with a relative path.
Mike