[ENH] 'value:' raiseTo: 2 -> 'value:value:'

Dan Ingalls Dan.Ingalls at disney.com
Wed Sep 6 16:19:05 UTC 2000


>However, other things like:
>
>        'hello' . 3 . $l
>
>reveal quickly that we can use:
>
>        'hello' at: 3
>        'hello' atPin: 3
>        'hello' atWrap: 3
>
>to get $l.  Hmm, I didn't know about #atPin: or #atWrap: before the
>first time I did this.  Good way to explore an image.

Yes.

...and what a cool way to do super-efficient repeated strings:  make an object that overrides at: with atWrap: and you're done no matter what the repeat count is!






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