Still, I think it would be nice to be able to save a method even when it
does not compile.
On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 2:52 PM, Peter Uhnák <i.uh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah I guess that's not such a bad idea, to have a TemplateClass that
> would contain just the template methods, so I don't need to worry about
> conflicting instance variables.
>
> Peter
>
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 2:08 PM, Ben Coman <b...@openinworld.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 5:55 PM, Peter Uhnak <i.uh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > is it possible to accept a method without creating instance variable?
>> >
>> > E.g.
>> >
>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> > Object subclass: #MyObject
>> > slots: { }
>> > classVariables: { }
>> > category: 'Category'
>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> >
>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> > MyObject>>addValue: aValue
>> > container add: aValue
>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> >
>> > Now normally when I would try to compile the method I would get the
>> "Unknown variable 'container'" warning that will force me to either create
>> temporary or instance variable; I would like to somehow ignore that,
>> because the method will actually never get called.
>> >
>> > My objective is use this method as a template for code generation, so I
>> would then take this method, apply some code transformation and compile it
>> into different object.
>> >
>> > Of course I could do
>> >
>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> > MyObject>>addValueTemplate
>> > ^ 'MyObject>>addValue: aValue
>> > container add: aValue'
>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> >
>> > But then I would lose code highlighting, which is quite error-prone for
>> more complex snippets.
>> >
>> > If you have a better approach, I am all ears. :)
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Peter
>>
>> If you are only templating the method and not the whole class, why not
>> add it as an instance variable MyObject?
>> Or if MyObject is a real domain object with a few template methods,
>> maybe put the templates on the class side and add a dummy
>> class-instance-variable there.
>>
>> cheers -ben
>>
>>
>
