Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c++:9547 comp.lang.smalltalk:2242 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!abvax!iccgcc!klimas From: klimas@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk Subject: Re: Smalltalk-like classes and nifty browsers Message-ID: <930.26f09d88@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> Date: 14 Sep 90 14:06:16 GMT References: <57379@microsoft.UUCP> <1990Sep13.011214.24799@cs.columbia.edu> <44069@prls.UUCP> Lines: 12 In article <44069@prls.UUCP>, ross@prls.UUCP (Ross Morley) writes: (stuff deleted that says the following point) > but it allows you see the subclass in terms of the methods actually > accessible to it, regardless of the level they were defined at. > > So if anyone is thinking of making a nifty class browser, I recommend taking > a look at Tek Smalltalk-80 for ideas. I wish they had this in ParcPlace > Smalltalk-80 as well (hence the cross posting to comp.lang.smalltalk). The Digitalk /V-PM class browser supports this type of "flattening" operation also. It is no big deal to include all of the inherited methods in the class hierarchy browser and I have seen some goodies for /V286 that include an extra button to provide this display.