Re: Obsolete classes - I can find pointers to them, but how to get rid of them

Michael Davies wrote:
> Ramon Leon posted a useful utility that attempts to clean up a variety
> of common problems in an image:
> http://onsmalltalk.com/programming/smalltalk/squeak-smalltalk-image-maintenance/
>
> If this doesn't help, at least you know that it's not a simple problem!
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This is some code from MC1.5 which I think is the most comprehensive
attempt to rehome obsolete instances.

this comes with extensive disclaimers

Keith

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fixAllObsoleteReferences
"
self fixAllObsoleteReferences
"
(SystemNavigation default obsoleteBehaviors select: [ :c | c isMeta not ])
    do: [ :obsClass |
       
        ([obsClass nonObsoleteClass] ifError: [ nil]) ifNotNilDo:
            [ :actualClass |
               
                actualClass updateInstancesFrom: obsClass.
                obsClass becomeForward: actualClass.   
           
                ([obsClass metaclass] ifError:[nil]) ifNotNilDo:
                    [:metaClass |
                        metaClass becomeForward: actualClass class ]]].
           
        SmalltalkImage current fixObsoleteReferences