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Re: Instance Variables: "private" vs "protected"



>    The translator generates PROTECTED/COPY/SELF_COPY, the later
>    two being protected currently, because that reflects the semantics of
>    smalltalk.  In fact what forced COPY and SELF_COPY to be changed to
>    protected was that the first code translated with (SELF_)COPY did not
>    compile because routines routinely used inherited member variables.
>    My bottom line: "Minimize semantic differences between our languages"
> 	   !,

It should be noted that SELF_COPY goes away when my stuff is merged.

	michael