[squeak-dev] Compiler pedantic about ifNotNil: argument

Randal L. Schwartz merlyn at stonehenge.com
Sun Oct 10 14:34:02 UTC 2010


>>>>> "Igor" == Igor Stasenko <siguctua at gmail.com> writes:

Igor> i am also missing:

Igor> someThing ifTrue: 1 ifFalse: 0

Down that path lies ambiguity though.

If you had

  actionSymbol := aBoolean ifTrue: #doThis else: #doThat.

do you want the symbol assigned, or performed?

Please don't add so much dwimmery here.  I like it that Smalltalk is
fairly strict with these basic forms.

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