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How to get name of superclass according to class in smalltalk


I know how to get a metaclass of a class in SMALLTALK (with class message ).

But how do i get the SuperClass of a class (or get the SuperClass of an instance of some class )?


Solution

  • Using instance class superclass , of course! Every class can answer its (unique) superclass.

    However, note that you have several capitalization mistakes that are not innocent. In Smalltalk, capitalization rules are meaningful, beyond case-sensitivity.

    Also, it is uncommon to cross the instance-class level to query something like this. Usually, only meta-programming tools (debuggers, inspectors) have questions like this.