[ANSI-Smalltalk] Protocol extensions - Object

Paolo Bonzini bonzini at gnu.org
Mon Sep 8 07:04:00 BST 2008


Richard A. O'Keefe wrote:
> I've been building a "batch compiler" for Smalltalk
> in my spare time for a couple of years.  One of the
> reasons I did this was to explore the ANSI Smalltalk
> standard.  This has perhaps given me a different
> perspective from other people on this mailing list,
> because I think a "static Smalltalk" is actually a
> useful tool.
> 
> The STEP entitled "Protocol extensions - Object"
> lists three kinds of methods:

Agreed.  On a related note, the STEP includes a #performMessage: method.
 Squeak overloads #perform: for a Message argument, see

http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2007-September/120697.html

for an example.  What do you think about it?

Paolo



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