[Cuis-dev] Bug report: File out/in of class with special chars in its name

[Hernán Wilkinson]

On Wed, Jul 10, 2024 at 12:52 PM Juan Vuletich <juan at cuis.st> wrote:

> It is not just that...
>
> Class names are to be understood by the compiler. With your example, I can
> not evaluate `ISW1-2do-Project new`.
>

good point, I did not realize that it did not work for that.


>
> Allowing this would require serious work on the compiler, affecting
> compatibility, etc. I don't think allowing these kinds of class names is
> worth it. Wouldn't #ISW1_2do_Project be a reasonable alternative?
>

I agree. This error happened to a student while doing the exam. I did not
put too much thought into it... I think therefore that we should not allow
creating a class with that name and therefore avoid all the other
consequences.

What do you think?

Hernan.

>
> Thanks,
>
> On 7/10/2024 11:19 AM, Hernán Wilkinson via Cuis-dev wrote:
>
> Hi,
>  I did not have the time to fix it, that is why I'm reporting it.
>  If you create a class like this:
> Object subclass: #ISW1-2do-Project'
> instanceVariableNames: ''
> classVariableNames: ''
> poolDictionaries: ''
> category: 'ISW'
>
> Implement a message in that class, let say #m1.
> File out the class or class category
> Remove the class or class category
> File in the file
> The class is created but when filing in its method, fails.
> Here is the fileout:
>
> !classDefinition: #'ISW1-2do-Project' category: #ISW!
> Object subclass: #'ISW1-2do-Project'
> instanceVariableNames: ''
> classVariableNames: ''
> poolDictionaries: ''
> category: 'ISW'!
>
> !ISW1-2do-Project methodsFor: 'as yet unclassified' stamp: 'HAW 7/10/2024
> 11:12:11'!
> m1
>
> ! !
>
> The problem is that the name of the class for the method is
> ISW1-2do-Project instead of #'ISW1-2do-Project' and therefore it is not
> recognized as a symbol.
>
> Cheers!
> Hernan.
>
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*Hernán WilkinsonAgile Software Development, Teaching & Coaching*
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