[squeak-dev] Boolean whenTrue:whenFalse:
Torge Husfeldt
torge.husfeldt at gmx.de
Fri May 17 16:08:49 UTC 2019
Hi Subbu,
see, I forgot about the good old simple parantheses. As I said, rusty.
I’d say, if we don’t reach unanimity regarding the new selectors, this shortcut should fit the bill for your initial request?
Von meinem iPhone gesendet
> Am 17.05.2019 um 13:02 schrieb K K Subbu <kksubbu.ml at gmail.com>:
>
> This also works:
>
> ('isBoolean' beginsWith: 'is') ifTrue: [Display flash: World bounds]; yourself
>
> Regards .. Subbu
>
>> On 16/05/19 8:43 PM, Torge Husfeldt wrote:
>> Hi Nico,
>> I'm convinced this only works without the extra [] value because you chose a special selector. For keyword-selector it should go to "self".
>> Which part exactly is not optimized? The "ifTrue:" has a special handling in the bytecode complier, and iirc yourself is also not "actually sent".
>> Cdlt
>> Torge
>>> On 16.05.19 17:08, Nicolas Cellier wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> Ah yes, it works, no need for extra [] value
>>>
>>> (3 > 2) ifTrue: [Transcript cr; show: 'bingo!']; yourself
>>>
>>> The code is not optimized, but it works.
>>>
>>> Le jeu. 16 mai 2019 à 16:52, Torge Husfeldt <torge.husfeldt at gmx.de <mailto:torge.husfeldt at gmx.de>> a écrit :
>>>
>>> Salut Nico,
>>>
>>> please excuse if my squeak knowlege is a bit rusty, but wouldn't
>>> this do the job:
>>>
>>> self findlast: [:each |
>>>
>>> [self testSomeConditionFor: each] value ifTrue:[self
>>> performSomeAction:each]; yourself.
>>>
>>> ].
>>>
>>> Just an idea. And very sad that I have to wrap the condition in a
>>> block, but I guess othewise the recipient for "yourself" would be
>>> "self"
>>>
>>>> On 14.05.19 17:02, Nicolas Cellier wrote:
>>>> Oups, my example was a bit stupid because findLast: loop stops at
>>>> first true, but you get my intention...
>>>> Replace with select:/reject: or provide a whenFalse: side effect...
>>>>
>>>> Le mar. 14 mai 2019 à 16:23, Nicolas Cellier
>>>> <nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com>> a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> From time to time, I need to perform some additional action
>>>> (side effect) when a boolean is true, but preserve that
>>>> boolean as return value.
>>>>
>>>> Here is a pseudo example:
>>>>
>>>> self findLast: [:each |
>>>> | conforming |
>>>> conforming := self testSomeConditionFor: each.
>>>> conforming
>>>> ifTrue:
>>>> [ "found one, do some side effect before
>>>> searching next"
>>>> self performSomeAction: each ].
>>>> conforming ].
>>>>
>>>> Or shorter, but I dislike the redundant true:
>>>>
>>>> self findLast: [:each |
>>>> (self testSomeConditionFor: each)
>>>> and:
>>>> [ "found one, do some side effect before
>>>> searching next"
>>>> self performSomeAction: each.
>>>> true ]].
>>>>
>>>> What i seek is even shorter:
>>>>
>>>> self findLast: [:each |
>>>> (self testSomeConditionFor: each)
>>>> whenTrue:
>>>> [ "found one, do some side effect before
>>>> searching next"
>>>> self performSomeAction: each ]].
>>>>
>>>> Of course, we would have companions whenFalse:,
>>>> whenTrue:whenFalse:...
>>>> Would you buy it?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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