[Cuis-dev] Importing String objects from Squeak (was Re: ReferenceStream class >> dumpOnFile: aFileEntry object: anObject)

[Juan Vuletich]

Hi Hannes,

I've just pushed your changes to GitHub.

Thanks,

On 11/30/2024 1:52 PM, H. Hirzel via Cuis-dev wrote:
> Hi Juan
>
> I suggest to add a comment on
>
> ReferenceStream class  restoreFromFile: aFileEntry
>
> would have wished would be included.
>
> "
>  Note about importing String objects from Squeak:
>
> To make sure Strings can be moved from Squeak use
>            aString utf8Encoded
> to convert the strings to ByteArrays in Squeak before you export the 
> object collection.
>
> In Cuis you need to do then
>            UnicodeString fromUtf8Bytes: aByteArray
> to get them back.
>
> It took me quite some time to figure out this simple solution.
>
> For data classes  ('dumb data objects', Value hierarchy) I can hide 
> this conversion if I store the strings in a properties dictionary and 
> have the conversion in a superclass. This allows me to move these 
> objects from Squeak to Cuis.
>
> A better solution would be to have SmartRefStream deal with ByteString 
> and WideString objects (when importing from Squeak) as both are not in 
> Cuis. But at the moment I am fine using the UTF8 conversion approach.
>
> Regards
>
> Hannes
>
>
> On 11/27/2024 1:31 PM, H. Hirzel wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> Attached is an updated comment of
>>
>>   ReferenceStream class >> dumpOnFile: aFileEntry object: anObject
>>
>> --Hannes


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