2015-03-09 22:09 GMT+01:00 Sean P. DeNigris <[email protected]>: > Marcus Denker-4 wrote > >> is x: (with colon) a valid inst var name ? > > no. > > Why complicate the system by special-handling illegal variable names? Just > let the incorrect x: become the just-as-incorrect x::, no? Or am I missing > something? >
No it is not about handling illegal variable names. The question is, what should #name: asMutator return 1. #name: because it is already a mutator 2. #name:: because it might be the mutator for variable "name:" (2) is how it actually behaves, but because "name:" is not a valid instance variable name, returning #name:: does not makes sense, so I choose option (1). nicolai > > > > ----- > Cheers, > Sean > -- > View this message in context: > http://forum.world.st/valid-name-for-an-instance-variable-tp4810632p4810780.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > >
