[ENH] Objects as compiled methods ( this is great )

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Sat Jul 12 05:55:03 UTC 2003


Tim,

> > Two reasons for not using #perform:[withArguments:]
> Fair enough. The prim (it will work as a normal prim, won't it? Looks
> like it should)

Yes, it would (though I haven't found a good reason for using it as a "real"
prim ;-)

> would be a good candidate for using any non-filling
> allocate that John comes up with and probably ought to be renamed -
> #primitiveRun seems a bit generic and more like a prim that 
> ought to run any arbitrary method. How about something like
> #primitiveDeferToNonMethodCode ? A bit long perhaps but descriptive.

Y'er right - the name is probably too generic. Perhaps
#primitiveInvokeNonMethod would be appropriate?

Cheers,
  - Andreas



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