Module paths
Last updated at 4:14 am UTC on 3 May 2002
+ creating and accessing modules in code.
A Module path is a literal array of symbols. For example
#(Squeak Media Balloon)
To access a module object you use
Module @ path
which is short for
Module fromPath: path
which is a variant of
Module fromPath: path forceCreate: boolean
The short forms don't create a new module, but if you put true in the last one you create the new module.
Examples:
Module @ #(Squeak VMConstruction)
Module fromPath: #(Temporary MyNewModule) forceCreate: true
You can also send uppercase messages to a module to access its submodules. So if moduleA has a submodule named ModuleB:
moduleA ModuleB
This will return the submodule. Ie. the message is the exact name of the submodule.
