On Sep 11, 2012, at 8:52 PM, Camillo Bruni wrote: > On 2012-09-11, at 20:50, Benjamin <benjamin.vanryseghem.ph...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On Sep 11, 2012, at 8:41 PM, Camillo Bruni wrote: >>> On 2012-09-11, at 20:36, sergio_101 <sergio....@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> yes, i know this sounds simple.. but is it possible to instantiate an >>>> object with some parameters? >>>> >>>> say i have a dictionary: >>>> >>>> params := Dictionary new. >>>> params at: 'sound' put: 'bark' >>>> >>>> dog := Dog new. >>>> >>>> ^^ at this point, i would like to just create a dog and send it >>>> 'params' all at once.. >>>> >>>> can i do this? what would the syntax look like? >>> >>> sure :) in Smalltalk (almost) everything is a message-send :) >>> >>> So you can do the following: >>> >>> dog := Dog sound: 'wuff'. >>> >>> then a class side method: >>> >>> Dog class >> #sound: aString >>> ^ self basicNew >>> initializeWithSound: aString; >> yourself. >> >> Otherwise you may have some strange behavior if the #initializeWithSound: >> message doesn't return the receiver :) > well initialize.* usually returns self :) (it's like #initialize, where you > never send #yourself)
Play with Morphic and then you will take this habit too :) Ben
