Programmer's Reference
allSubclasses, allSuperclasses,
inheritsFrom:, name, subclasses,
superclass, symbol,
whichClassIncludesSelector:, withAllSubclasses,
withAllSuperclasses
- Note:
- The Blue Book defines all of these messages except symbol and
withAllSuperclasses. We added symbol to provide a
platform-independent message that returned a symbol equal to the class name,
and withAllSuperclasses because it is the obvious complement of
withAllSubclasses.
- Porting tip:
- Smalltalk/V does not support whichClassIncludesSelector:,
and it returns a string when name is sent.
Objectworks\Smalltalk returns a symbol when name is
sent, and does not support symbol.
- Tip:
- If name is sent to a class, a Symbol is
answered. If name is sent to a metaclass, a
String is answered.
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