Re: Defining a class at runtime

On Jul 20, 2007, at 11:31 , Marcin Tustin wrote:

> On 7/20/07, Bert Freudenberg <bert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: On Jul  
> 20, 2007, at 8:52 , Louis Moon wrote:
>
> > Hello. I've been playing around with Squeak the last couple of
> > days, and I've found it pretty easy to use so far. However, I can't
> > figure out how to do this (I'm trying mostly out of curiousity). I
> > suspect it had something to do with the ClassBuilder class, but I
> > can't figure out its usage. How's it done? Thanks for any help.
>
> In Squeak there is no "runtime". Just send the same message you use
> to create a class in a browser.
>
> What is that message? We're all holding our breath.
>
> (If you're not going to say that, I'll point out that it is  
> possible to examine code in the browser to see how it does it.)

Err, the message is right in your face:

Object subclass: #NameOfSubclass
        instanceVariableNames: ''
        classVariableNames: ''
        poolDictionaries: ''
        category: 'Collections-Abstract'

> ...and yes, of course, there is a runtime.

Well, you could say there is only runtime. Which makes the term  
useless, as it implies some sort of opposite.

- Bert -