stephane ducasse wrote:
Dave normally
is not part of a method definition.
Just the what is after it. in the browser.
is used by authors to give contextual information.
Now in Squeak you can do
Point>>#x to get the compiled method x of class Point but this is query the meta information of classes.
Stef
Stephane, bless you for all the great work you have done in teaching Smalltalk!
I'm not anywhere near the level to appreciate Point>>#x yet. I'm still grappling with what you mean by "contextual information".
You mention the browser, how would I use it to understand the MyClass>>doThis statement? Or is this even a good example for understanding ">>"?