Sorry guys, but by inspection, deduction, induction, reductio ad
absurdum, bivariant algorithmic analysis, flim-flam and fiat, you are
wrong. So there. {raspberry sound effects}

Expressions in () are supposed to be _completed_ before the rest of the
expression is executed.

  foo doThisWith: a and: (a _ fribble slander)
should be identical to
  a_ fribble slander.
  foo doThisWith: a and: a

Suggesting anything else is a symptom of advanced senility. It says so
in this book right here.

tim

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Tim Rowledge, tim at sumeru.stanford.edu, http://sumeru.stanford.edu/tim
Useful random insult:- Couldn't balance a checkbook if Einstein helped.