On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 12:05:19PM -0300, Jecel Assumpcao Jr wrote:
> I think what Ragnar is looking for is "deep reflective magic"...

Nice name..

> Something like
> 
>   | foo bar fooValue |
>   foo _ 'hello'.
>   bar _ 'world'.
>   fooValue _ thisContext tempAt: (thisContext tempNames find: 'foo').
>   ^ fooValue
> 
> Is this it?

Exactly!  This is it.  Now to figure out how this works :)
 
> Some languages (Perl, I think, and Logo I am sure) have a trivial 
> notation for this kind of thing. But that isn't always a good idea and 
> I am glad that Smalltalk makes such a dangerous thing possible yet 
> hidden where it is unlikely to be accidently abused.

perl, php and tcl, of the ones I know.
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