Hi Jean-Louis,
On 08.08.2011 14:40, Jean-Louis Faucher wrote:
> About ~send, I was focusing on the search order for method selection,
> and I found the answer in rexxref 4.2.5.
> There is no reference to metaclass there, so I assume that the methods
> of a metaclass are not visible from an object.
Thanks a lot Rony !
About ~send, I was focusing on the search order for method selection, and I
found the answer in rexxref 4.2.5.
There is no reference to metaclass there, so I assume that the methods of a
metaclass are not visible from an object.
Honestly, I can't say it's still very clear for
Hi Jean-Louis,
overlooked the "send" question: in ooRexx the defined methods and the
messages (represented by the tilde/twiddle/"~") are represented in their
own ooRexx classes.
So if in a Rexx program the "~" is encountered a message object (an
instance of the class "Message") is created. Howeve
Hi Jean-Louis,
it seems that Rick is currently not online, so I try to give some shots,
hoping they may help a little bit.
[One problem in OO is the terminology, which sometimes comes into ones
way (instead of clarifying concepts, sometimes they obfuscate them,
unfortunately). There are quite a f
I try to understand the underlying model for object, class, metaclass
(source excerpt at the end of the mail). Not easy...
I can't find a suitable definition for the ??? below.
Extracted from rexxref :
5.1.1
The Object class is the root of the class hierarchy.
The instance methods of the Object
