[ANSI-Smalltalk] Next STEPs

[Bruce Badger]

Andres,

All STEPs are enhancements, it's in the name: Smalltalk Enhancement
Process, so the collection of all STEPs will be the collection of
proposed enhancements past present and future.  At least this was my
understanding.

The example you give of: SequenceableCollection>>beginsWith:
aSubSequence I would expect to find in a STEP about collections (or
something like that).

Taking collections as an example, I would expect there to be a STEP
that reflects the current ANSI specification and then another step
that (when it completes the STEP process) makes the first one
obsolete.  This is how RFCs work and it seems to have been a good
model for them.  I particularly like the fact that I can see the
histroy of HTTP (for example) by following the chain of non obsolete
RFCs.

How would this fit with what you have in mind?

All the best,
    Bruce

On 06/03/2008, Andres Valloud <andres.valloud at gmail.com> wrote:
> Bruce,
>
> I think that another STEP for enhancements to make to the ANSI standard is
> in order.  My motivation for this is that, over time, all the dialects have
> accumulated convenience methods which more often than not one misses when a
> different dialect is used.  An example of this would be
> SequenceableCollection>>beginsWith: aSubSequence.  I am
> sure we can think of others.
>
> I looked at the Smalltalk syntax STEP and I have a feeling others may want
> to take care of it.  I wouldn't mind taking over the enhancements one.
>
> Andres.
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 9:57 PM, Bruce Badger <bwbadger at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Paolo's STEP proposal had been out for some time not, so I think that
> > we should perhaps start to use it for real.
> >
> > I's like to suggest that we start two STEPs.
> >
> > o The errata of the current ANSI standard.
> >
> > o Smalltalk syntax as defined in the current ANSI standard.
> >
> > John O'Keefe is currently wearing the errata crown.  Would you be up
> > for expressing the errata as a STEP John?
> >
> > Does anyone want to step up and be the author of the Smalltalk syntax
> > STEP?  I'll have a look at it if nobody else will, but I think the are
> > some people who are much better qualified than I who hang out on this
> > list.  Did I see a hand go up at the back?
> >
> > By getting these going I think we will be testing STEP 1, the STEP
> > process itself, which will be a Good Thing.
> >
> > All the best,
> >    Bruce
> >
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