I agree with you here Andreas. It adds more complexity. It is a
smalltalk idiom, but is that reason enough?
Kent
On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 15:22 +0100, Andreas Ecker wrote:
> Howdy!
>
> yozzeff wrote:
>
> >>The general set() does already return this for this kind of convenience.
> >>Your syntax seems not to be ok dur to missing parenthesis. Try
> >>
> >>aPane.add((new QxAtom('Label')).set({left: 0, width: '35%', top: 3}));
> >
> > thats fine. but wouldnt it be really nice to return it always if
> > your method doesnt return anything else. its been a very powerful
> > smalltalk idiom for decades.
>
> Are you talking about *any* methods that currently do not explicitly
> return values (returning "undefined" being the default)? Supporting the
> Smalltalk idiom would mean to add "return this" anywhere a return is
> missing?
>
> Not sure about the implications. It's an idiom that Smalltalk users
> would be familiar with, but other developers (Java, etc.) would not expect.
>
> Currently, I don't think it's without problems. What do others think?
>
> Andreas
>
>
>
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