Because 'name' refers to the 'name of the class' you're writing the instance
creation method in. It's a quite common mistake to use 'name' in any class
method (and even to store something meaningless in it).

  - Andreas

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jchludzinski [mailto:jchludzinski at mail.worldkey.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 1:41 PM
> To: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
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> Subject: " Name is already defined ->" question?
> 
> 
> I am try to define/write an instance creation method.  The 
> class has 2 instance variables: 'engine' & 'name'.  There are 
> getters and setters for both.  When I try to define a 
> creation method as:
> 
> 'name: name'
> 
> I get:
> 
> 'name:  Name is already defined ->name'
> 
> When I try to define a creation method as:
> 
> 'engine: engine'
> 
> it accepts it. WHY? Any suggestions?
> 
> ---John
>