[Cuis-dev] finding methods by example

[Mark Volkmann]

I understand that the Squeak development environment provides a way to find
methods by example. As a fun exercise I wanted to see if I could implement
that in Cuis, minus the GUI. I created a Finder class with a single class
method methodsByExample that does this. It's amazing how fast it is!

For example, evaluating the following in a Workspace:

Finder methodsByExample: #(#(1 2 3 4) 2.5)

prints the following in the Transcript:

The following methods on #(1 2 3 4) with no arguments return 2.5:
- average
- mean

The hardest part was discovering all the methods that have side effects
which should not be attempted. Perhaps I haven't found all of them yet.

My code is in a package at
https://github.com/mvolkmann/Cuis-Smalltalk-FindByExample. There are more
examples in the README. I welcome feedback on ways this can be improved.

-- 
R. Mark Volkmann
Object Computing, Inc.
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