Hi, there.

I think that all (6) sends in Trunk to #valueWithPossibleArgument: can be replaced with #cull:, which is more flexible.


Does anyone recall the story of #cull:? Maybe we should just implement #valueWithPossibleArgument: on MessageSend (and maybe Symbol) to make it more consistent?

For context, here is how I stumbled on it:
#(1 2 3) collect: #even. "Works." 
1 ifNotNil: #even. "Works."
#(1) ifNotEmpty: #first. "Does not work."

Please note that this question is not about "#(1 2 3) collect: #even" versus "#(1 2 3) collect: [:ea | ea even]". ;-) This is more like a case of surprising inconsistency...

Best,
Marcel
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