Ned Konz wrote:

> But the problem is that the default arguments are dependent on the context in 
> which the method is called.
> 

they would not be in my case (actually plain Number arguments would do 
it, I do not need the Compiler evaluate: stuff).

really what I want are default arguments defined within the method 
source itself. it may seem odd but that's exactly my need :)

... of course if this really an illegal design pattern in Smalltalk 
(which I'm afraid it is), then I'll have to change my needs :)


regards,


Stef