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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I am getting a bit into Cuis with trying to port some Values stuff.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>One oddity I found is that literal arrays have an extra space in their #storeString :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>#(1 2 3) storeString -> ‘#(1 2 3 )’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>#($a 42 ‘abc’) storeString -> ‘#($a 42 ‘abc’ )’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>In contrast, #printString behaves as expected (without trailing blank):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>#(1 2 3) printString -> ‘#(1 2 3)’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>#($a 42 ‘abc’) printString -> ‘#($a 42 ‘abc’)’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Could the implementation be changed to something like:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Array>>storeOn: aStream <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> "Use the literal form if possible."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> self isLiteral<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> ifTrue: [<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> aStream nextPut: $#; nextPut: $(.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> self do: [ :element | element storeOn: aStream] separatedBy: [aStream space].<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> aStream nextPut: $)]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> ifFalse: [super storeOn: aStream]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>With this change, all tests (1955) from the BaseImageTests package pass, but I don’t know if other code depends on this.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>This would allow me to drop an ugly work-around in the Values code.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Happy hacking,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Christian<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>