Avi Bryant wrote:
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Keith Hodges keith_hodges@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
self send a message to me. A := self nextThing.
What naughty superpower code can I put in to #send that will jump execution to self nextThing directly?
Have #send return an object which has #doesNotUnderstand: implemented as ^ self.
This is a "message eating nil" - see also:
Thanks Avi,
Indeed, I am a champion of the message eating null, see http://www.squeaksource.com/Null for squeak.
That's what I am doing already. The problem is that the arguments to these methods may take a long time to calculate so I am looking for a short cut, all beit an evil one.
regards
Keith