Brace Constructor Syntax in VW or OS
If you're trying to port code from Squeak or Pharo to VisualWorks and/or ObjectStudio, one thing you may have run across is the Brace Constructor syntax for arrays. i.e., instead of:.
array := Array with: 3+4 with: Date today.
You get:
array := {3+4. Date today}.
Today's screencast looks at adding support for that syntax to VW and OS:
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Comments
this does not apply to ObjectStudio
[HKN] January 14, 2010 4:23:53.880
because ObjectStudio has already its own brace constructor for defining arrays which works differently and does not evaluate the expressions. The example code given results in ObjectStudio 8 in an array of six elements, two SmallIntegers and four Symbols: {3 #+ 4 #, #Date #today}
Loading the contributed parcel does not override this behaviour.