code massaging

[bnemec]

I'm assuming that we'll have some code massaging in addition to the meta-data, do deal with thing like {} in VAST (where Monticello Importer comments out the code and adds an exception stub). Or is the expectation that file-out code is always dialect neutral?

I've started on the port of PDF4Smalltalk 'Values' package from VW to VAST and I'm using it as a test bed for what I think I'll need on the VAST side. That package has few of the namespace and code issues that the PDF and Fonts package have, but it's a good start.

Are we advocating the use of Grease? We've had some discussion on the PDF4Smalltalk forum about the best 'dialect neutral code' technique. I like using Grease to avoid things like #asString variations, but there is a concern that having Grease as a pre-req (too big, perhaps?). My bias is to use Grease, probably because I do a lot of cross-dialect Seaside code (VW & VAST).