Re: [sc-dev] [commit?] change in IdentityDictionary:doesNotUnderstand

["James McCartney" <asynth@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/12/06, Julian Rohrhuber <rohrhuber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 18:24 Uhr +0000 12.11.2006, Tom Hall wrote:
> >
> >Hmm, mainly it's not clear to me why
> >
> >q = ();
> >s.sendMsg("/g_new", q.test = s.nextNodeID, 0, 0);
>
>
>
>
> this would be fixed by:
>
>
> doesNotUnderstand { arg selector ... args;
>                 var func;
>                 if (know) {
>                         func = this[selector];
>                         if (func.notNil) {
>                                 ^func.functionPerformList(\value, this, args);
>                         };
>                         if (selector.isSetter) {
>                                 selector = selector.asGetter;
>                                 this[selector] = args[0];
>                                 ^args[0]
>                         };


normal objects return the receiver when set so that you can chain :

q.a_(1).b_(2).c_(3)
( 'c': 3, 'a': 1, 'b': 2 )

By making the change you would make normal objects act one way and
events act another way.



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--- james mccartney