[Cuis-dev] [RFC][Proposal] A possible refactor of the Morph hierarchy

[Hilaire Fernandes]

Hi Juan,

The WidgetMorph hierarchy is a great idea. Newcomer with programming 
background will be more comfortable to have two hierarchies: one for 
more traditional GUI and another one for original and creative view.

I agree with you StringMorph is a strange name, LabelMorph is more 
aligned to the convention of the world of GUI, and it is a widely used 
in GUI definition. The world Label is meaningful in many human 
languages, this is another advantage aginst String, a low level term in 
cs. Its unique added value is its name match the name of the associated 
literal it displays on screen.

If it is not too much trouble, I would vote for the name change.

Hilaire


Le 13/10/2020 à 16:43, Juan Vuletich a écrit :
> In this way, all Widget morphs will be in the WidgetMorph hierarchy, 
> improving consistency and making it easier to explain and remember.
>
> - RectangleLikeMorph and BorderedRectMorph might get deleted. 
> PasteUpMorph, HandMorph, HaloMorph, HaloHandleMorph and EllipseMorph 
> could be subclasses of Morph. This will need some rework of their 
> internals.
>
> - Additionally, I want to rename StringMorph as LabelMorph, as 'label' 
> is less ambiguous, and is how a read-only string widget is usually 
> called.

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