question about method dispatch

Lex Spoon lex at cc.gatech.edu
Sat May 11 14:49:05 UTC 2002


Ned Konz <ned at bike-nomad.com> wrote:
> On Friday 10 May 2002 12:01 pm, Jessie Dedecker wrote:
> > I already took the optional of the #doesNotUnderstand: method into
> > account, however I would like to change the dispatch for <all>
> > objects and <all> messages, also existing ones.But if I understood
> > you correctly there is no way to change the dispatch using the
> > reflective capabilities of Smalltalk?  So I should start looking at
> > the C-code instead or did I understood it incorrectly?
> 
> Well, you don't have to look directly at C.
> 
> The interpreter is written in a Smalltalk subset that is compiled into 
> C, so you can see and edit the sources (as well as simulate them) in 
> the Smalltalk environment.
> 

I'm not sure if anyone mentioned, but you can also run the Smalltalk
version of the interpreter, of course.  I'm not sure exactly how to fire
it up....

Lex



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