Limited Number of method arguments?

Randal L. Schwartz merlyn at stonehenge.com
Mon Dec 13 15:46:14 UTC 1999


>>>>> "Ivan" == Ivan Brusic <ibrusic at wsicorp.com> writes:

Ivan> Yes, Squeak methods are limited to 15 arguments.  The limitation is set
Ivan> in the Encoder>>bindArg: method.  I do not know why/how the number 15
Ivan> was chosen, but it is hardcoded in the sources. 

And see the discussion about 6 months ago in the archive where it was
mostly concluded that permitting 15 arguments already seems
excessive. :)

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