> … if we could "merge" Smalltalk images … merge two Smalltalk images … what are the conflicts … Merge changes, not images. Even back in 1983, "Smalltalk-80:

> … if we could "merge" Smalltalk images … merge two Smalltalk images … what are the conflicts … Merge changes, not images. Even back in 1983, "Smalltalk-80: The Interactive Programming Environment" "check conflicts A prompter appears in which you type the name of a changes file. When you choose the yellow button command accept, an analysis is done of all the items in the change management browser menu to see if any of them refer to the same message selector, but specify different definitions." page 472 http://rmod-files.lille.inria.fr/FreeBooks/TheInteractiveProgrammingEnv/TheInteractiveProgrammingEnv.pdf http://rmod-files.lille.inria.fr/FreeBooks/TheInteractivePro...