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On 7/7/2024 6:06 PM, Mark Volkmann via Cuis-dev wrote:
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<div dir="ltr">It seems that `Dictionary newFrom:` works with a
run-time literal Array of Association objects and does not work
with a compile-time literal Array or Association objects. For
example, this works:
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<div><font face="monospace">as := {#a -> 'apple'. #b ->
'banana'. #c -> 'cherry'}.<br>
d2 := Dictionary newFrom: as.</font><br>
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<div>but this gives the error "MessageNotUnderstood:
Symbol>>key".<br>
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<div><font face="monospace">as := #(#a -> 'apple' #b
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d2 := Dictionary newFrom: as.</font></div>
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<div>Can someone explain why?</div>
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It would really be the best for YOU to start flexing your Smalltalk
muscles. A quick dive with the debugger, and use of inspectors and
browsers, will give you waaaaay more insight that the best
explanation anyone could write.<br>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">R.
Mark Volkmann</font></div>
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Computing, Inc.</font></span></div>
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