On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:07:54 +0200, Damien Cassou wrote:
> Klaus D. Witzel wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:12:36 +0200, Damien Cassou wrote:
>>
>>> test:=OrderedCollection with: 'first'.
>>> test
>>>    add: 'second';
>>>    size negated
>>>
>>  (test add: 'second'; size) negated is what you can do with the result  
>> of your cascaded messages.
>
> Maybe my example was not clear enough:

No it was crystal clear.

> test:= MyObjectModel
> test
>     getAllChanges;
>     storageStrategy storeNow;
>     readyToContinue

  test
      getAllChanges;
      ifNotNil: [test storageStrategy storeNow];
      readyToContinue

does not compile (lack of support from parser/compiler) but

| test |
test := nil.
  test
      yourself;
      ifNotNilDo: [:ignored | test yourself isNil];
      yourself

does.

> I think it is clear that #storeNow is sent to the result of 'test  
> storageStrategy'. And #readyToContinue should still be sent to 'test'

See above, it is.

> so   brackets are not possible in this example.

Brackets are but parentheses aren't, in your 2nd example.

/Klaus