Contains types that define the protocols from the ANSI Smalltalk standard.

The following conventions were used in defining the ANSI Smalltalk types.

• All the defined types are included in the package named org.ansi.smalltalk.
• All the type names use the prevailing Smalltalk class naming conventions, i.e., mixed case with leading upper case.
• ANY has been renamed Any.
• RECEIVER has been replaced by the appropriate type name based on the type in which it appears.
• Where a method specification indicates "none" for a Return Value, the declared method returns void.
• Where a method specification indicates UNSPECIFIED for a Return Value, the declared method returns Object.
• Where a method specification indicates the return of alternative types (e.g., Nil or ClassDescription), the declared method returns the nearest common supertype (usually Object).
• All class and factory protocols are declared as metatypes in the appropriate subtype.
• Where appropriate, protocols are duplicated in a type and a metatype, e.g., ClassDescription is a type whose protocols are duplicated in the Object metatype.
• The ANSI Smalltalk standard specifies refinement method protocols in subtypes that override similarly named methods in supertypes. However, due to the limitations of the Java type system, these method refinements are not declared in the org.ansi.smalltalk types, as they would often create complier conflicts.