[F-Script-talk] Re: make an alias

[Philippe M. <pm...@ac...>]

Hi Bob,

You can't really make an alias for a message send using F-Script. However,
what you can do to avoid retyping a lengthy sequence of code is to factorize
it in a block. For instance, here is a block that will send your specific
"inspectWith:" message to the provided argument.

ins := [:inpectedObject | inspectedObject inspectWith:{#name, #address,
#salary}]

You can then execute the block by sending it a "value" message and providing
the required argument. For example:

ins value:(P at:P address = 'PARIS')

Best,

Phil


----- Original Message -----
From: bob ackerman
To: f-s...@li...
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 5:48 AM
Subject: [F-Script-talk] make an alias

i saw a nice command in the tutorial:
inspectWith:{#name, #address, #salary}

so i tried it with another command:
(P at:P address = 'PARIS') inspectWith:{#name, #address, #salary}

and it worked. good.
so i thought it would be nice to have an alias for it.

but i couldn't figure out how.

i tried putting it in a block:
ins := [inspectWith:{#name, #address, #salary}]

but that didn't work.

any way to make an alias for it?