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From: MJB@cup.portal.com (Martin J Brown-Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: correct `string' protocol??
Message-ID: <25922@cup.portal.com>
Date: 14 Jan 90 04:56:17 GMT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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I am using Digitalk's Smalltalk V/286 to learn smalltalk. I'm am somewhat con
fused by the following:

Two of the three smalltalk texts that I have use the following format when
dealing with single quoted strings:

          Prompter prompt: `Name: ' default: `'

  ** note that the open quote is an ascii xx60, while the end quote is xx2C *


Another smalltalk text uses the following format in the same situation:

          Prompter prompt: 'Name: ' default: ''

  ** note that the open and end quotes are both ascii xx2C

(The V/286 manual uses the first format, but V/286 only works if you use the
second format.)

Is there a smalltalk standard? And if I need/want to change how V/286 works,
where (class?) would I go to change it?

Thanx for any assistance!

                                   - MJB -