[Cuis-dev] learned something interesting about installing packages

[ken.dickey at whidbey.com]

On 2024-08-18 12:31, Mark Volkmann via Cuis-dev wrote:

> If a package is installed that defines subclasses of classes that are 
> defined in packages that have not been installed yet, their superclass 
> will be changed to ProtoObject. No warning message about this will be 
> displayed.
> 
> For example, suppose the UI-Entry package is not installed.
> That defines the class TextEntryMorph.
> If I install a package that defines the following class
> 
> TextEntryMorph subclass: #CenteredTextEntryMorph
> 
> that will be changed to
> 
> ProtoObject subclass: #CenteredTextEntryMorph --

As opposed to creating an error..

Good to see you are testing packages before releasing them on an 
unsuspecting world. ;^)

When you see this, it is a reminder to have your shiny new package 
_require_ the requisite packages.

HTH,
-KenD