[ANSI-Smalltalk] re: array creation syntax

Paolo Bonzini bonzini at gnu.org
Mon Apr 21 19:55:17 BST 2008


Michael Klein wrote:
>>     Dictionary from: { a -> b. c -> d }
>>
>>     Set from: { a. b. c. d }
> 
> Those are ordinary methods.. only the Array constructor is syntax,
> or are you proposing open coding the #from: message?

No, but they "require" the Array constructor syntax as a prerequisite.

I seem to recall that some version of Squeak open coded "{a. b. c. d} 
as: xyz".

Paolo



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