> Just to hammer home the message.  The below, which won't be inlined since the 
> block argument is in a variable,

Elliot what is hammer home?
To get in my skull?

I should reread the thread without my flu and it will go better :)

>       | b |
>       b := [:i| nil].
>       1 to: 10 do: b
> 
> of course answers 1, since
> 
> Number methods for intervals
> to: stop do: aBlock 
>       "Normally compiled in-line, and therefore not overridable.
>       Evaluate aBlock for each element of the interval (self to: stop by: 1)."
>       | nextValue |
>       nextValue := self.
>       [nextValue <= stop]
>               whileTrue: 
>                       [aBlock value: nextValue.
>                       nextValue := nextValue + 1]
> 
> which ends with an implicit ^self.

I should rereade the code thinkking about that hidden self it did not occur to 
me that I should 
think about it.

Stef


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