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@ -83,29 +83,32 @@ Self defines flow control like Smalltalk and Ruby by way of blocks. Blocks are d
Examples of the use of a block:
```
'hello' copyMutable mapBy: [|:c| c capitalize] "returns 'HELLO'"
"returns 'HELLO'"
'hello' copyMutable mapBy: [|:c| c capitalize]
'hello' size > 5 ifTrue: ['Yay'] False: ['Nah'] "returns 'Nah'"
"returns 'Nah'"
'hello' size > 5 ifTrue: ['Yay'] False: ['Nah']
"returns 'HaLLO'"
'hello' copyMutable mapBy: [|:c|
c = 'e' ifTrue: [c capitalize]
False: ['a']]
"returns 'HaLLO'"
```
Multiple expressions are separated by a period. ^ returns immediately.
```
"returns An 'E'! How icky!"
'hello' copyMutable mapBy: [|:c. tmp <- ''|
tmp: c capitalize.
tmp = 'E' ifTrue: [^ 'An \'E\'! How icky!'].
c capitalize
]
"returns An 'E'! How icky!"
```
Blocks are performed by sending them the message 'value' and inherit (delegate to) their contexts:
```
"returns 0"
[|x|
x: 15.
"Repeatedly sends 'value' to the first block while the result of sending 'value' to the
@ -113,7 +116,6 @@ Blocks are performed by sending them the message 'value' and inherit (delegate t
[x > 0] whileTrue: [x: x - 1].
x
] value
"returns 0"
```
# Methods
@ -121,14 +123,16 @@ Blocks are performed by sending them the message 'value' and inherit (delegate t
Methods are like blocks but are not within a context but are the values of slots. Unlike Smalltalk, methods by default return their final value not 'self'.
```
"Here is an object with one assignable slot 'x' and a method 'reduceXTo: y'"
"Here is an object with one assignable slot 'x' and a method 'reduceXTo: y'.
Sending the message 'reduceXTo: 10' to this object will put
the object '10' in the 'x' slot and return the original object"
(|
x <- 50.
reduceXTo: y = (
[x > y] whileTrue: [x: x - 1].
self)
|)
"Sending the message 'reduceXTo: 10' to this object will put the object '10' in the 'x' slot and return the original object"
.
```
# Prototypes