[Cuis-dev] Add abstract method SystemWindow>>#buildMorphicWindow

[Juan Vuletich]

Hi Facu,

I don't like adding a send to #subclassResponsibility in the abstract 
class in this case. #subclassResponsibility is a strong assertion from 
the system that all subclasses should reimplement that method. It is a 
message directed to any developer adding a new subclass. And in this 
case, that's not true. There are subclasses that don't need that method 
at all. It is true, #open:label: will fail. That only means that 
#open:label: is not appropriate for them. Adding the call to 
#subclassResponsibility would not change this fact.

Hope this makes sense to you.

Thanks,

On 2026-04-02 4:14 PM, Facundo Javier Gelatti via Cuis-dev wrote:
> The #buildMorphicWindow message is sent from SystemWindow class >> 
> #open:label:, and the method is on many window classes on the system, 
> so I thought it'd be nice to have the abstract method in SystemWindow. 
> I attach a (very small) change that adds that method.
>
> I also noticed this method is missing in TranscriptWindow, 
> WorkspaceWindow and PreDebugWindow, so the #open:label: message is 
> failing on those classes. I'm not sure what we should do about them.
>
> Cheers!
> Facu
>
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