[Help-smalltalk] Question regarding the parser(s)

[Holger Freyther]

Hi Paolo,

I try to come up with a test case for my parser issue and I am a bit confused
and maybe you can help me out.

1.) if I use FileStream fileIn it will end at a primitive and will always
use the internal C Smalltalk parser?!

2.) Behavior evaluate: 'Object subclass: Foo'. In the default implementation
this will be wrapped by a 'DoIt [ ^ [', code, ']]' and then executed?
Internally this will be passed to compile which should end in
VMpr_Behavior_primCompile?

Now the weird part is, that part does not appear to know about GST Syntax.

'Object subclass: Foo' does not work (this one needs a symbol)
'Object subclass: #Foo' does work
'Object subclass: #Foo []' does not work
'Object subclass: #Foo!' does work.. returns #Foo

is that a bug?

3.)
  PackageLoader fileInPackage: 'Compiler'.
  Behavior evaluate: 'Object subclass: #Foo3', returns nil and not
  Foo3 as without the Compiler.



So my question so far is:
        a) Should GST Syntax work inside the evaluate?
        b) Should the Compiler return the (last?) class it created?

as usual, thanks a lot.