Ah maybe,
I interpreted literal literally.
Let Sudhakar talk...

Nicolas

2010/7/22 Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]>

>
> On Jul 22, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Nicolas Cellier wrote:
>
> > It's different because evaluated only once, either at method compilation
> or at first execution (lazy initialization).
>
> but Sudhakar use case did not show that he wanted something different.
> or I totally do not understand.
>
> > > #( 123 23 'das' )
> > > whynot:
> > > #( 'ac'->23  2->'casd' myVar1)  ... evaluates to a collection..
>
> >
> > > Would this be of interest in general... I have always wanted a more
> capable literal array than what we have now..
> > >
> > > #( 123 23 'das' )
> > > whynot:
> > > #( 'ac'->23  2->'casd' myVar1)  ... evaluates to a collection..
> > >
> > > so I just tried this out with a BlockClosure:
> > >
> > > asArray
> > >
> > >     |  stmts anArray  |
> > >
> > >     stmts := self decompile statements.
> > >     anArray := Array new: stmts size.
> > >     stmts doWithIndex: [ :eaNode :indx| | start end value|
> > >         start := (eaNode asString indexOf: ${)+1.
> > >         end := (eaNode asString lastIndexOf: $})-1.
> > >         value := Compiler evaluate: (eaNode asString copyFrom: start
> to: end) for: self receiver logged: false.
> > >         anArray at: indx put: value].
> > >     ^anArray
> > >
> > > So we could do:
> > > ['abc'->123. 'def'->456. 'efg'->789. 'hij'->123. 'klm'->456.] asArray.
> > > [self checkThisUsingKeywordMethod: 'abc' with:'efg'. localVar1.
> instanceVar1 ] asArray
> > >
> > >
> > > to yield arrays.. not neat, I would much rather prefer the literals do
> their job their way...
> > > but works.. for the narrow set I have tried so far..
> > >
> > > Any comments..
> > > -Skrish
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