ObjologyIs this TAG Extra?Of Empty Collections- May 29, 2008 Once upon a time, we Smalltalkers found that the binary branches associated with whether an object is nil or not, was so common, that it warranted it's own set of messages. The ifNil:ifNotNil: variants. They're more than just shortcuts for == nil ifTrue: though, because the ifNotNil: can pass along the receiver to the block and make expressions simpler. Yesterday, I was doing some Inspector refactoring, and found probably the next most common set of binary branch scenarios. I was dealing...http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/userblogs/travis/blogView?showComments=true&printTitle=... Bundle Bulb Goes Off for Me- May 22, 2008 Yesterday, I was struggling with some repository introspection algorithms. I was pondering the recent discussion of bundle usage on the mailing lists. And I had an epiphany of sorts. It required some checking into. I now think there's a medium strength corollary to be found in all of it. What my sampling seemed to indicate (I'm sure there are exceptions) is that whether shops prefer Bundles or not, is possibly related to how they deploy their end user applications. Shops that are trying..http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/userblogs/travis/blogView?showComments=true&printTitle=... |