[Cuis-dev] >> notation

[Mark Volkmann]

Thanks! I didn't know that >> was an instance method in the Behavior class
that takes a Symbol.

But I was referring to the use of >> in documentation. For example, page 34
of the Cuis Book contains the following:

Number>>squared

    "Answer the receiver multiplied by itself."

    ^ self * self


Here I believe the intent is to make it clear that squared is a method in
the Number class and not to represent valid syntax.


So my question is whether when used in documentation this way it always
describes an instance method.

And second, is there another notation used in documentation to describe
class methods that is different from this.

On Thu, Aug 1, 2024 at 10:07 AM Hernán Wilkinson <
hernan.wilkinson at 10pines.com> wrote:

> Foo>>#bar is a collaboration.
> Foo receives de message >> with the parameter #bar
> If you look at the implementation of #>> in Behavior you will see that it
> does ^self compiledMethodAt: ...
>
> Using Foo>>#bar as documentation as if it was a "notation" is one of the
> beautys of Smalltalk, it shows who simple and consistent is and its
> "meta-circularity" we could say...
>
> On Thu, Aug 1, 2024 at 11:54 AM Mark Volkmann via Cuis-dev <
> cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st> wrote:
>
>> I understand that
>>
>> Foo>>bar
>>
>> is not valid Smalltalk syntax and is just notation seen in documentation
>> that means bar is a method in the class Foo.
>> Can I assume that bar is an instance method and not a class method?
>> Is there a different notation for class methods?
>>
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>> R. Mark Volkmann
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