Revision of ANSI Smalltalk-98 Errata from Wed, 11/14/2007 - 08:12

Known issues:

  • Two off by one problems with the float protocol definitions of constants like fmin.

(I wrote a parser for the standard a long time ago and found many problems. Here are some from my notes, perhaps they can help us to decide the categories of problems we are interested in - peter)

  • There is a global named TimeLocal in de standard text by mistake
  • The protocol grouping 'Date and Time Protocols' is sometimes called 'DateTime Protocols'
  • The protocol grouping 'File Stream Protocols' is sometimes called 'File I/O Protocols'
  • the return values specifications for these message specifications are problematic '5.6.2.21' '5.6.2.29' 5.6.2.4'
  • 5.5.1.2 has 'readable' where 'readableString' is intended
  • 5.7.18.11 has a mistake, should have:

nameString := 'newElements'
typesString := 'sequencedCollection'
aliasingString := 'unspecified'.

  • in parameter specifications the standard text does not always have a space between the parameter name and the parameter type
  • some message specifications have no synopsis line
  • the structure of these return values specifications is problematic:

'5.3.1.15' '5.3.1.16' "have comment lines added on"
'5.3.8.1' "has no return values section header"

  • for #withAll: the synopsis in all the redefinitions is better than the one in the definition
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