On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, laza wrote:

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> commits-2 wrote:
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>> - added Symbol >> #cull:, so unary symbols can be used instead of monadic
>> blocks where #cull: is sent to them (e.g. #ifNotNil:)
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> Sorry, I haven't followed any discussion on this. The intention is to be
> able to write stuff like this?

#ifNotNil: was just an example, in the core image there's also #on:do: and 
#onDNU:do: that can be written like this. It's compatible with VW and 
Pharo 1.2 (and probably with other dialects too).

Here's a short thread about it: 
http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2010-October/154307.html


Levente

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> anInteger ifNotNil: #squared.
> aCollection ifNotNil: #average.
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> instead of
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> anInteger ifNotNil: [:i | i squared].
> aCollection ifNotNil: [:c | c average].
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> Alex
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