[Newbies] Laser game tutorial again
gruntfuttuck
gruntfuttuck at gmail.com
Sat Jul 21 14:15:07 UTC 2007
Hello Benjamin,
Thanks for your help. I have now fixed the problem. I had forgotten to add
the accessors method. Do you find often when you find a solution to a
problem, that you are amazed you didn't see it sooner? I always find my self
thinking how did I not see that.
Thanks again.
Benjamin Schroeder-2 wrote:
>
>
> On Jul 21, 2007, at 8:25 AM, gruntfuttuck wrote:
>
>> I'm getting three errors with the Test Runner. It would seem that a
>> BlankCell object doesn't understand the message exitSides:
>> Or do I actually. It looks like it should be:
>>
>> initializeExitSides
>> self exitSides := Dictionary new.
>>
>> not
>> initializeExitSides
>> self exitSides: Dictionary new.
>>
>> Is this another way to do assignment? Anyway it's not working and
>> that's how
>> the tutorial says to do it.
>>
>> I'm really curious to what the problem is. Can anyone enlighten me?
>
> The exitSides: message looks like an accessor, a method for setting
> the value of an instance variable. That method would be implemented
> much like the assignment you give above:
>
> exitSides: aDictionary
>
> exitSides := aDictionary
>
> The preceding "self" isn't used when referring to the name of an
> instance variable.
>
> Accessors let other objects set the values of variables directly, and
> are sometimes thought to be more helpful for possible later changes.
> Sometimes they do things like alerting other objects of changes. When
> there's no behavior above and beyond simple setting, from inside the
> same object, their use is largely a matter of personal style.
>
> I haven't read through the whole tutorial, but perhaps the exitSides:
> method is defined elsewhere. In any case, I'd guess that you are
> correct and it is trying to do an assignment, although it may also
> need to do other things.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Benjamin Schroeder
>
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