I said that in Moose we use all* for things like allClasses in a model, and this is why at the time we did it we chose to call it hierarchy.

It might not be the best choice, but this is the background.

Please do not create extensions. Moose is not readonly :). Modify and deprecate existing ones.

subclassHierarchy

Doru

On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 10:48 PM, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse@inria.fr> wrote:

This API is there since about a decade.

well. I do not think that this is that long. 

In Smalltalk the selector would have been allSubclasses. However, in Moose, we typically use all for contained elements.

what do you mean?

This is why it's not called allSubclasses. Another possibility would be to call it deepSubclasses. But, of course, everything is subject to change.

I do not understand why you choose something that goes against our cultural reference. 

to me allSubclasses is simple, intention revealing and it works well.

I started to create my own extensions because I do not have the brain cells to remember that sublcassHierarhcy which refers to a "bag" returns

the bag elements. 

Stef

Cheers,

Doru

On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse@inria.fr> wrote:

subclassHierarchy
        | subclasses |
        subclasses := OrderedCollection new.
        self allSubclassesDo: [:each | subclasses add: each].
        ^ subclasses


to me it looks like too much thinking and this kind of API sucks.

I can understand

subclassHierarchyDepth
because it is about hierarchy but no subclasses.

Stef
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