Containers-ChainedDictionary

A dictionary of properties with a lookup in ancestors (also called environment in other languages).

Example

CTChainedDictionaryTest >> testChildrenPropertyAtOverridesParent [
	self connectChildParent.
	self
		assert: (self childEnvironment propertyAt: #P0inParent)
		equals: 50.
	self
		assert: (self childEnvironment propertyAt: #P1inChildren)
		equals: 12.
	self
		assert: (self childEnvironment parent propertyAt: #P1inChildren)
		equals: 24
]

This package is part of the Containers project: This project is to collect, clean, test and document alternate collection datastructures. Each package is modular so that users can only load the collection they need without 100 of related collections.

Loading

Metacello new
   baseline: 'ContainersChainedDictionary';
   repository: 'github://pharo-containers/Containers-ChainedDictionary';
   load.

If you want to depend on it

spec 
   baseline: 'ContainersChainedDictionary' 
   with: [ spec repository: 'github://pharo-containers/Containers-ChainedDictionary' ].

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