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Where do I put it?
by Blake 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

I'm trying to build classes for card games. In the abstract, I find this easy enough. I have a deck class and a card class. I'm toying with the idea of classes for particular games (like "stack", "stock", "waste" and "tableau" used in Solitaire) but haven't figured out whether there's any value in that yet. Anyway, in the concrete, most card games are about the symbols. In a standard deck, of course, there's the rank and suit. So, for my standard deck, I have: ranks ^ {#deuce. #three. #four. #five. #six. #seven. #eight. #nine. #ten. #jack. #queen. #king. #ace} suits ^ {#spades. #hearts. #diamonds. #clubs} as class methods. Though it's the game class that's ultimately responsible for constructing the deck and assigning significance to the cards (e.g., whether aces are high, or eights are crazy, or whatever). Anyway, something about this approach doesn't sit quite right with me, like I have the responsibility/scope wrong. Any thoughts? ===Blake===

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Squeak Foundation Election 2007
by Ron Teitelbaum 04 Mar '07

04 Mar '07

All, Thank you for your patience. The election for the Squeak Foundation Board of 2007 has now started. Here are some stats on the voter list. I received 396 email addresses. (Thank you Cees) 4 lines were blank. 5 Emails were duplicates 3 Email addresses needed to be translated (for example Ron (at) USMedRec (dot) com) One of those addresses once translated became a duplicate of another. 1 Address was rejected by the voting system In all 386 were sent out. If you did not get an email for voting and you believe you should please contact me at Ron(a)USMedRec.com . Eligible voters are those that had a squeak people certification of at least Apprentice when the voter list was exported. Please Vote! Thank you for your participation, Ron Teitelbaum Squeak Elections Team Member

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Squeak Foundation Board 2007 Election Update
by Ron Teitelbaum 04 Mar '07

04 Mar '07

All, We thank you for your patience. We are still experiencing a delay in our voting schedule. As soon as we can gather up the necessary data from our squeakPeople system we will be sending out instructions on how to vote. Voting will remain open for 3+ days which means we will be extending the voting period to ensure enough time for a fair election. If you have any questions please feel free to notify the elections team, or post a message to your respective lists. You can also contact me personally: Ron(a)USMedRec.com. Once again we apologize for the delay in our election, but encourage you to participate once the voting starts. Thank you, Ron Teitelbaum Squeak Elections Team Member

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[Newbie] Alternative for static const...
by Mispunt 03 Mar '07

03 Mar '07

Hi all, For programming my Lego Mindstorms NXT I have to use codes like 16r1F. But I actually want to be able to use "readable" codes. In a language like Java I will do that with a static const, but as far as I know I have to do it with symbols in Smalltalk. How do I create a symbol so that it is accible by all the classes? Thanks in advance, Mispunt.

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Case insensitive string sort.
by Blake 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

I'm using this to sort a string case-insensitively: 'abcCBA' sortBy: [:a :b | a asUppercase < b asUppercase] It works fine. My question is, am I missing some built-in feature that does this, or is this idiomatic? ===Blake===

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Private metods as my*?
by Blake 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Greetings, I'm trying to fill in the gaps in my Smalltalk knowledge and so am going through some of the free books (thanks, Steph!). Right now I'm looking at "Smalltalk By Example" where it talks about the absence of private messages. (I've run up against methods that were private I've needed so much in other langauges that I'm not a big fan of the concept, but that aside...) Anyway, it suggests using a my- prefix for privates and an fr- for friends (or "protected", I guess). Thoughts? ===Blake===

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Squeak Foundation Elections 2007
by Ron Teitelbaum 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

Hello Everyone, This is a reminder that you only have a few days left to register at squeakPeople http://people.squeakfoundation.org/ . You need to have a certification of at least Apprentice to vote. There are some people that are reviewing Observer certified accounts. Please add enough information on your account so that people can determine your standing in the Squeak Community and possibly grant you Apprentice status. If you have not received Apprentice status but think you should please post a certification request to squeak-dev squeak-dev(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org, the elections team elections(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org or you can ask me personally Ron(a)USMedRec.com . Voting starts this Saturday and will run for 3 days http://weeklysqueak.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/2007-squeak-board-elections-ann ounced/ . You can find a list of candidates at: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/5920 Please plan to vote! Thank you for your participation, Ron Teitelbaum Squeak Elections Team Member

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