On Oct 10, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Igor Stasenko wrote:
> 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.
all that to avoid to have
ifNotNil: [#terminate]
I would not change the ifNotNil: for that.
But make the compiler smarter
Stef
>
>
>>
>> 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
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