Actually here's another situation where I've used 'dispatch' simply to
avoid a 'do'. But I could as easily use 'send' to get the job done:
function app_helperAppPath pAppName
dispatch function ( "_helperAppPath_" & the platform ) to me with
pAppName
return the result
end app_helperAppPath
function _helperAppPath_MacOS pAppName
-- Mac-specific app path discovery code
end _helperAppPath_MacOS
function _helperAppPath_Win32 pAppName
-- Windows-specific app path discovery code
end _helperAppPath_Win32
Phil Davis
On 11/8/16 5:27 PM, Monte Goulding wrote:
On 9 Nov. 2016, at 12:23 pm, Phil Davis <rev...@pdslabs.net> wrote:
Use case: You use 'dispatch' as a coding style preference.
(That's all I could come up with.)
;-)
Actually thinking on it I can imagine a use case but it fails if you are
wanting to dispatch a private handler:
dispatch “SomethingOverridableInABehaviorInstance” to me
command SomethingOverridableInABehaviorInstance
— default implementation
end SomethingOverridableInABehaviorInstance
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