Morph>>Delete
Bert Freudenberg
bert at isg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de
Fri Dec 5 10:45:19 UTC 2003
>> Aaron J Reichow wrote:
>> >
>> > > > 2. The format for specifying a message is Class>>#message ; that
>> is your
>> > > > message should have read Morph>>#delete.
>> > >
>> > > Really? I use #delete to talk about the message, but Morph>>delete to
>> > > talk about a particular method.
>> >
>> > The convention is to use the #. It's kind of neat actually- do a
>> > print-it on "Morph>>#delete" in a workspace- the CompiledMethod for that
>> > method is returned. #delete can be passed (a symbol), and delete
>> cannot.
>>
>> Yes, "Morph>>#delete" is a valid Smalltalk expression and
>
>> "Morph>>delete" is not.
Actually, the convention is to use "Object>>selector" without the hash
mark. This can be verified by selecting ">>" and pressing Ctrl-E.
Now, in 1999 some guy decided it would be neat if this *was* valid
Smalltalk and added #>> to Behavior as a shortcut for
#compiledMethodAt:. Of course, this requires you to use a Symbol as
parameter, hence the #. Maybe we should punish him for that? And remove
the method? Bad boy, me, bad, bad boy ...
--
Bert
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