On 2013-05-15, at 00:03, Chris Muller <ma.chris.m at gmail.com> wrote:

>>        | a |
>>        a := dictionary associationAt: x.
>>        a value: a value + 1
>> 
>> instead of:
>> 
>>        | v |
>>        v := dictionary at: x.
>>        dictionary at: x put: v + 1.
> 
> Oh, nice..  Now I feel like I need to go through my code and see if
> I'm doing it the double-lookup way..  :)  Thanks.

How about this?

	dictionary at: x ifPresentPut: [:v | v + 1].

- Bert -