It was probably only documented in a note to the mailing list, if that. e = (parent: (a: 123)); ( ) e.a 123 On Dec 27, 2005, at 7:07 PM, James Harkins wrote:
e = ().put(\parent, (a:0)); ( ) // no \parent key e.dump; Instance of Event { (07F28B00, gc=58, fmt=00, flg=00, set=03) instance variables [5] array : instance of Array (07EE40A0, size=4, set=2) size : Integer 0 proto : nil // parent is now in the parent instance variable parent : instance of Event (07F28440, size=5, set=3) know : true }I've been exploiting this behavior for months (it's quite useful), but I don't see that it's documented anywhere.??? hjh