[ANSI-Smalltalk] A list of interesting methods, not present in the ANSI standard

[Paolo Bonzini]

John Dougan wrote:
> 
> Ralph Johnson wrote:
>>> Object>>ifNil:
>>>  Object>>ifNil:ifNotNil:
>>>  Object>>ifNotNil:
>>>  Object>>ifNotNil:ifNil:
>>   
> There actually is a minor controversy here as the VisualWorks version of 
> these has the block for the ifNotNil: clauses take an optional 
> argument.
> 
> I personally think the VW approach is bad style and a possible 
> efficiency issue.

Why?

The VW approach, by the way, is also present in VisualAge and GNU 
Smalltalk.  Only Squeak supports *only* a zero-argument #ifNotNil:.

Paolo