[ENH] 'value:' raiseTo: 2 -> 'value:value:'

Mats Nygren nygren at sics.se
Wed Sep 6 15:26:10 UTC 2000


Dan Ingalls <Dan.Ingalls at disney.com> wrote:
> >However, other things like:
> >
> >        'hello' . 3 . $l
> >
> >reveal quickly that we can use:
> >
> >        'hello' at: 3
> >        'hello' atPin: 3
> >        'hello' atWrap: 3
> >
> >to get $l.  Hmm, I didn't know about #atPin: or #atWrap: before the
> >first time I did this.  Good way to explore an image.
> 
> Yes.
> 
> ...and what a cool way to do super-efficient repeated strings:  make an object that overrides at: with atWrap: and you're done no matter what the repeat count is!

Yes, have experimented with things like that, but I tried to be "normal"

/Mats





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