--- a/UndefinedObject.st Thu Jun 02 13:36:22 1994 +0200
+++ b/UndefinedObject.st Thu Jun 02 18:22:49 1994 +0200
@@ -18,14 +18,46 @@
!
UndefinedObject comment:'
+COPYRIGHT (c) 1988 by Claus Gittinger
+ All Rights Reserved
+'!
-COPYRIGHT (c) 1988 by Claus Gittinger
+!UndefinedObject class methodsFor:'documentation'!
+
+copyright
+"
+ COPYRIGHT (c) 1988 by Claus Gittinger
All Rights Reserved
-there is only one instance of this class: nil
+ This software is furnished under a license and may be used
+ only in accordance with the terms of that license and with the
+ inclusion of the above copyright notice. This software may not
+ be provided or otherwise made available to, or used by, any
+ other person. No title to or ownership of the software is
+ hereby transferred.
+"
+!
+
+version
+"
+$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/UndefinedObject.st,v 1.10 1994-06-02 16:22:37 claus Exp $
+"
+!
-$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/UndefinedObject.st,v 1.9 1994-05-17 10:09:34 claus Exp $
-'!
+documentation
+"
+ there is only one instance of this class: nil, representing an undefined
+ or otherwise unspecified object.
+
+ All instance variables, array elements and even method/block local
+ variables are initially set to nil.
+ Since in Smalltalk/X, nil is represented by a special pointer value,
+ there can be only one instance of UndefinedObject, and no subclassing is
+ possible.
+ (to be exact: subclassing is technically possible, but instances of it
+ would not be recognized as being nil - therefore, subclassing is blocked)
+"
+! !
!UndefinedObject class methodsFor:'instance creation'!