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| Title | PHANtom: An Aspect Language for Pharo Smalltalk |
| Authors | Johan Fabry |
| Publication date | 2012 |
| Abstract | Aspect languages for Smalltalk have not kept up with advances in aspect language research. Arguably the only well-known aspect language for Smalltalk is AspectS. It is a ground-breaking contribution, especially regarding dynamic aspects, yet it lacks amenities which aspect language users have come to rely on, e.g. the use of patterns in pointcuts and the ability to declare aspect precedence. Alternative aspect languages for Smalltalk are effectively absent. As a result, currently Smalltalk lacks a modern and powerful aspect language.To address this deficit, we elected to design and build PHANtom: a modern aspect language for Pharo Smalltalk. PHANtom is designed to be an aspect language in the spirit of Smalltalk: dynamic, simple and powerful. PHANtom is a modern aspect language because it incorporates what we consider to be the best features of languages that precede it, includes recent research results in aspect interactions and reentrancy control, and is designed from the onset to be optimized and compiled where possible. This demo presents PHANtom by first providing an introduction to the language, detailing its philosophy and fundamental features. It second discusses the salient features of the language by demonstrating the use of PHANtom in an example application. |
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| Pages | 31-32 |
| Conference name | International Conference on Aspect-Oriented Software Development |
| Publisher | ACM Press (New York, NY, USA) |
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