doIfNotNil: -- let's bake the other half
btanksley at hifn.com
btanksley at hifn.com
Tue Oct 17 18:44:23 UTC 2000
From: Lex Spoon [mailto:lex at cc.gatech.edu]
>btanksley at hifn.com wrote:
>> I'd also prefer to place the message on the block, not the
>> expression. A
>> block knows how to execute; why should an expression have to know?
>To put it more generally, it's nice for Westerners if the sequence of
>action tends to go from left to right. In the doIfNotNil: family, this
>remains true. In the valueUnlessNil: version, it's not.
>So have I convinced you? :)
Absolutely! Thank you.
Of course, I mentioned that I got my start in Forth, so problems have I none
with sentances unusual grammar possessing. ;-)
>-Lex
-Billy
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