[Newbies] >> notation

[Kyle Hamilton]

ANSI Smalltalk defines a format for file-outs and file-ins.  I don't
understand it well enough to be able to comment, except that it might
be defined there.

-Kyle H

On 11/30/06, Ramon Leon <ramon.leon at allresnet.com> wrote:
> > Stephane, bless you for all the great work you have done in
> > teaching Smalltalk!
> >
> > I'm not anywhere near the level to appreciate Point>>#x yet.
> > I'm still grappling with what you mean by "contextual information".
> >
> > You mention the browser, how would I use it to understand the
> > MyClass>>doThis statement? Or is this even a good example for
> > MyClass>>understanding
> > ">>"?
>
> What he means is >> is just something people do when they write about
> Smalltalk code.  Smalltalk code isn't written in files like in other
> languages, it's written in a class browser, so you can't just say
>
> class SomeClass {
>     void Method(){
>       //some code
>     }
> }
>
> So, by convention, when writing code in a text based format like email,
> Smalltalk'ers simply put the class name before the method name and separate
> them with >>
>
> SomeClass>>method
>   "some code"
>
> It's not something you would actually do in code... Only when writing about
> code.  In code, you'd simply browse to the SomeClass class, select a method
> category, and then edit the empty method template, or choose an existing
> method to edit.
>
> Ramon Leon
> http://onsmalltalk.com
>
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-Kyle H