Method names
sqrmax at cvtci.com.ar
sqrmax at cvtci.com.ar
Sun Nov 1 22:35:25 UTC 1998
Hi.
Messages usually have the arguments last. Wouldn't it be nice to have
messages that could have arguments between a phrase? Example:
aBitStream next: 40 bits
Here, bits is a nop. In this way, things get written more clearly and yet
they don't become complex (like implementing the nop method #bits in Integer).
Or maybe another pattern of keyword message, keyword+nops. The nop can be
identified and ignored by the compiler (and humans) if a proper text attribute
is used, for instance. The example without the nop method names gets like
this:
aBitStream next: 40
Or maybe:
aBitStream nextBits: 40
which is not nice. These nops could be called something like parameter
descriptors... does this go against polymorphism and the untyped Smalltalk???
Andres.
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