On 10 October 2010 16:13, Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]> wrote: > personnally I do not like this form > What does it do? > >> process ifNotNil: #terminate. >
here the test case for it: | process answer | process := Object new. answer := process ifNotNil: #terminate. self assert: answer == #terminate. > > for me it means passes the symbol #terminate as argument to the method > ifNotNil: > If it has a more magical behavior then I do not know it. > > Stef > > >> The compiler uselessly insist on #ifNotNil: argument being a zero/one arg >> block. >> Thus we cannot write this xtream sentence >> >> process ifNotNil: #terminate. >> >> When the argument is not a block, Compiler should avoid inlining and >> just send a normal message. >> >> cheers >> >> Nicolas >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pharo-project mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko AKA sig. _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
