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Class: SmalltalkLanguage
Object
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+--ProgrammingLanguage
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+--SmalltalkLanguage
- Package:
- stx:libbasic
- Category:
- Kernel-Languages
- Version:
- rev:
1.38
date: 2019/06/27 10:38:47
- user: cg
- file: SmalltalkLanguage.st directory: libbasic
- module: stx stc-classLibrary: libbasic
provide info about which tools are to be used for smalltalk code
accessing
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id
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Return a unique integer id of this language.
For languages built into the VM, it must be < 32.
This id is used as index to various structures used by runtime
(bytecode set ?).
cg: this ought to be better documented - I have no idea, where it is used
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name
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Answers a human-readable name of myself:
'Smalltalk' for SmalltalkLanguage,
'Ruby' for RubyLanguage
...
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sourceFileSuffix
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Answers a default suffix for source files, i.e.
'st' for Smalltalk, 'js' for JavaScript or 'rb' for Ruby', etc.
accessing-classes
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codeGeneratorClass
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Answers a class that can generate code
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compilerClass
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Answer a class suitable for compiling a source code in 'my' language
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compilerClassForInteractiveTools ( an extension from the stx:libtool package )
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Answer a compiler class suitable for usage in interactive tools.
Such class may better integrate into the IDE and register for undo/redo
and/or do more checks and so on. Defaults to #compilerClass
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compilerWithBreakpointSupportClass
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Answer a class suitable for compiling a source code with breakpoints
in 'my' language
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explainerClass
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Answers a class used by browser and debugger to
show some hints about the code. It is OK to return
nil, which means that there is no explainer for given language.
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formatterClass
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Answer a class suitable for prettyPrinting (indenting) code in 'my' language.
It is ok to return nil, which means that the browser will not be able to prettyprint.
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parserClass
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Answer a class suitable for parsing a source code in 'my' language
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sourceFileReaderClass
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Answers a class that can be used for reading & compiling source files
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sourceFileWriterClass
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Answers a class is used for source file writing (i.e. file-out)
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syntaxHighlighterClass
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return the class to use for syntaxHighlighting (prettyPrinting) this class -
this can be redefined in special classes, to highlight classes with
Lisp, Prolog, ASN1, Basic :-) or whatever syntax.
mimicry
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, anObject
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Emulates symbol behavior. This is sometimes required
as 'Smalltalk language' is used by legacy code to access
the current language setting.
Future versions should contain class Locale.
cg: this is crab, who needs this?
** This is an obsolete interface - do not use it (it may vanish in future versions) **
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asSymbol
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Returns a language symbol. This is sometimes required
as Smalltalk language is used by legacy code to access
current language. Future versions should contain class
Locale.
cg: this is crab, who needs this?
** This is an obsolete interface - do not use it (it may vanish in future versions) **
source queries
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bracketStrings
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used for autoindent
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commentStrings
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EOL comment
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methodDefinitionTemplateForSelector: aSelector andArgumentNames: argNames
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given a selector, return a prototype definition string
usage example(s):
SmalltalkLanguage instance
methodDefinitionTemplateForSelector:#foo andArgumentNames:#()
SmalltalkLanguage instance
methodDefinitionTemplateForSelector:#+ andArgumentNames:#('aNumber')
SmalltalkLanguage instance
methodDefinitionTemplateForSelector:#foo:bar:baz: andArgumentNames:#('fooArg' 'barArg' 'bazArg')
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testing
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isSmalltalk
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true iff I represent the smalltalk language
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