Cannot invoke Do it on an object inspector with an expression containing undefined variables

[npapagna]

Describe the bug
Invoking Do it in an object inspector with a selection containing undefined variables fails.

To Reproduce

Follow these steps for all scenarios:

1. Inspect Object new.
2. In the object inspector, evaluate a _ self. a printString..
3. The Unknown variable dialog shows up.

1) Block-Local/Method-Local temporary scenario

1. Select block-local temp/method-local temp
2. Notice that Do it failed, and the source code got messed up:

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lf. a printString.

2) Instance variable scenario

1. Select instance
2. Notice that the debugger is opened because of Error: a is already defined in a subclass of Object
3. Change the script so that the undefined variable has an unused name (e.g. aaa _ self. aaa printString.)
4. Notice that the system actually tried to define that instance variable, but it did not because in this case, Object cannot be changed.

Expected behavior
I was expecting the evaluation panel in the debugger to behave more like a workspace than a debugger (e.g. to avoid defining instance variables if I am doing experiments with a script).

Screenshots

Block-Local/Method-Local temporary scenario:

Screen.Recording.2022-01-03.at.17.25.33.mp4

Instance variable scenario:

Screen.Recording.2022-01-03.at.17.26.10.mp4

Additional context
N/A

[nmingotti]

please, always post your question [email protected] . It has more chances to be seen and answered !

[npapagna]

please, always post your question [email protected] . It has more chances to be seen and answered !

Yup! I was writing the email as this comment came in. Thanks for the reminder @nmingotti 🎉