[Pharo-project] 'Win 32' and others....

[Stéphane Ducasse]

:)
I was concerned about 'win32' versus 'Win 32' versus 'Win32'
I'm having fun (really) rewriting by hand all the SmalltalkImage current and I reading the code and fixing it.
This is cool I'm learning a lot of simple stuff. 

Stef

>> Issue 2159: We should clean all the platformName = 'Win32' and: [osVersion = 'CE']
>> 
>> This is not good to have all these strings to encode platform support.
>> We should move some code to SmalltalkImage
>> 
>> SmalltalkImage>>win32
>>         ^ 'Win 32'
>> 
>> SmalltalkImage>>isWin32CE
>>         ^ (self platformName = 'Win32' and: [self osVersion = 'CE'])
>> 
>> ...
>> 
> 
> Concerning readability, both are readable.
> Concerning discovering capability (what are all specific Win32CE
> features in the image ?), the message is easier to track than the
> String.
> Concerning maintenance (hability to change implementation
> details/features), the message is clearly superior.
> 
> For example, I can imagine you buy a device that isWin32CECompatible.
> OK, bad example it's more past than future ;)
> 
> Nicolas
> 
>> Stef
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