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I think direct language support for "missing code here!" is a brilliant idea. Even when you have types and documentation, you often need to dummy check that values you'll get called with are what you expect.



I've heard Smalltalkers tell tales of starting an empty project by just hitting "Run", letting the debugger take exception to that fact that there is no startup function, then start typing code as it becomes necessary to proceed.


That's what I just wrote!


I read the GP as saying “you don’t even need to create the scaffold methods” described in your post.




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