Re: Difference between method and block - with examples

That doesn't work because := creates a new slot with that binding if one
doesn't exist in lexical scope. You want to use just = there in order to
assign to the inherited slot instead of creating a new one.

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On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Shashank <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Hi Oscar,
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> --- In [email protected], Oscar Martinez <wasi.network@...>
> wrote:
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> > Hi Shashank,
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> > blk call(2)
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> Perfect! Thanks!!
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> Now, am I to assume that the way blocks differ from methods is this:
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> n := 10
> mthd := method(i, i + n)
> mthd(2) # No need to "call"
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> I must have mis-understood then. I thought "method" was a dynamic closure
> and was expecting this to work too:
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> foo := method(n := 20,mthd(2))
> foo # should return 22 but returns 12
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> No?
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> - Shashank
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