Re: globals considered harmfull

[I.R.Woollard@bnr.co.uk]

>Now we can just say "point" and get a copy of the prototype, but
>must write "the point" when we really want to refer to the
>original prototype itself.

perhaps easier to read is:

"new point"

which is given by:

lobby _AddSlots:
(|
    new = (| theGlobals =
                (| defaultBehavior* = defaultBehavior.
                   globals* = globals |).
           ^undefinedSelector: sel Type: msgType Delegatee: del
            MethodHolder: mh Arguments: args = 
                (( sel sendTo: new theGlobals WithArguments: args) copy) |)
|)

It could be argued that this code is less efficient, so should not be
used. Then again, it could be argued that Self is less efficient than
C so should not be used, but I don't agree with that either. ;-)

In any case, if the above code is too inefficient for a given
application it is trivial to give a parent to 'new' and put the
particular implementation of the copy into it...

-Ian

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